Recently, a flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong was diverted to Kansai International Airport in Japan, for a very reasonable reason, but the follow-up development is really speechless, and many netizens shouted:
This kind of person should be blocked!
As originally planned, the Air Canada AC007 was supposed to arrive at Hong Kong International Airport at around 4 p.m. local time on June 26, but the crew chose to make an early diversion in Osaka due to a heart attack on an elderly female passenger on board.
图源：Flight Aware
To the surprise of the crew and other passengers, after the plane landed, the passenger not only refused to get off the plane, but also kept shouting for Air Canada to lose money.
Some passengers on board revealed that a flight attendant and a helpful nurse had been providing help and care for the passenger at the time, but she had "spoken ill of each other" about them afterwards.
After 6.7 hours of waiting with all the passengers on the plane, the passenger and her husband still insisted on not getting up, but the crew did not dare to risk flying directly to Hong Kong out of concern for her health.
In the process, someone wanted to contact the two children, but they still had only one answer: "No!" ”
Therefore, after many hours of stalemate, he had no choice but to cancel the flight and no longer continue to fly to Hong Kong.
图源：Flight Aware
And when all the passengers disembarked, the couple was still seated, surrounded by a group of Japanese policemen.
Although it was 3:15 p.m. local time at the time of the diversion, hungry passengers had to find their own hotels late at night after such a long time, and had to face the reality that their follow-up arrangements were disrupted.
It's really full of fire and nowhere to go!
Aftermath
Thankfully, even if some passengers do not have a day visa, in this case the airline will guarantee them a temporary entry permit and will not be stranded at the airport.
To compensate these passengers, Air Canada issued three payments, one for 15,000 yen (about 128 Canadian dollars), one for 500 Canadian dollars, and one for 30,000 Japanese yen (about 255 Canadian dollars), which adds up to about 883 Canadian dollars.
However, based on IP addresses, it can also be seen that many passengers have not yet left Japan.
In addition to the AC007 passengers, the AC008 passengers who flew from Hong Kong to Vancouver the next day were also affected by the flight cancellation.
图源：Flight Aware
Some netizens reluctantly said that they had been stranded in Hong Kong for two days, not only were the planes cancelled continuously, but the cats who were about to be brought on the plane were also required to be quarantined in the Hong Kong Fisheries and Farming Department until they boarded the plane.
Many people who are willing to take their pets on a plane do so as if they were their own children, and the cat owner visits them twice a day to make sure of their condition and mood.
Although the cat's mood is relatively stable, it is also troublesome that because there are few flight options that allow pets in the cabin, it is difficult to change the book, and she can only hope that the plane that has been changed many times can really take off tomorrow as announced.
In the event of such a thing, it is impossible for the crew to fly to Hong Kong as originally planned regardless of the safety of the passengers, and in the same way, if the old lady does not get off the plane, they will not be able to take off hard.
Therefore, in the end, only the passengers who were "fateful" and the old lady on the same plane were left......
Some people speculated that the old lady was reluctant to get off the plane because she was afraid that the cost of treatment in Japan would be too expensive, and she kept asking Air Canada to lose money, and netizens complained:
It feels like you and the other passengers should be so angry that you're going to have a heart attack.
Airport airlines are on strike
It's too hard for passengers!
As the long weekend approached, everyone rushed to get their jobs.
More than 200 workers at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) began a one-day strike on Thursday, June 27, according to Richmond News.
If you happen to be on a flight today, you'll probably find that most of the airport restaurants are closed due to a strike by workers at 13 airport restaurants and food stores run by SSP American!
More: UniteHere40
They include:
- Freshii
- Thai Hang
- Urban Crave
- Whistler Brewhouse
- LIFT Bar and Grill
- Church’s Chicken
- Salt and Lemon
- Banh Shop
- Nourish
- Dirty Apron
- Tru Burger
- Rice Tales
- El Chiquito
It is reported that they had already set up the picket line at 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, after rejecting the SSP's offer.
According to a report released by the union UniteHere40, they believe that the average wage of these workers is well below the living wage in Metro Vancouver:
Their average hourly wage is $18.27 CAD, while the living wage in Metro Vancouver in 2023 is $25.68 CAD.
The union report also notes that minority women are disproportionately affected by the wage gap, with 80 percent of workers being women and 80 percent of those surveyed being minorities.
More: UniteHere40
In February, the union also criticized the SSP for not reimbursing early and late shift employees for taking taxis and Ubers to work outside of SkyTrain's operating hours.
In addition to YVR, WestJet's aircraft maintenance crew strike has taken another step.
Just like last time, on Thursday, WestJet again canceled about 25 recumbent flights between June 27 and June 28, affecting 3,300 guests.
Why do airlines cancel flights directly if employees want to strike, and what is this operation?
In fact, WestJet said that if the maintenance crews chose to strike on the National Day long weekend, it would disrupt the travel plans of 250,000 guests and cause millions of dollars in damage.
Early cancellations were part of WestJet's response to the strike, as they wanted to pool their fleet and avoid being stranded in remote areas after the strike, leaving guests and crew stranded.
Not long ago, in the face of the strike announcement of the maintenance staff, WestJet used this trick to cancel about 40 recumbent flights, and the maintenance staff announced a moratorium on the strike after that......
Some netizens complained:
I was going to fly to Vancouver for my best friend's wedding, but you booked my ticket a few months ago and you're now telling us that the flight was cancelled this Friday morning?!
Another netizen said:
My kids will undoubtedly be disappointed that the baseball trip was planned months ago.
Every time it's a passenger who gets hurt, and they just want to fly, what did everyone do wrong?
信源：小红书、CBC、Richmond News