Canadian teams scramble as U.S. bans NHL charter flights

Sports | 206784 hits | Sep 04 9:45 pm | Posted by: Hyack

OTTAWA -- Canada's six NHL teams are scrambling to find alternative travel arrangements south of the border after the U.S. Department of Transportation banned Air Canada's charter fleet from flying between U.S. cities.

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by maldonsfecht
Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:38 am
Great! Move the teams back to the Great Lakes, Ontario-to-the-Maritimes, and Northeastern United States... bus trips for all and no more failing Yankee teams in the desert!
by leewgrant
Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:20 pm
The matter was pushed by the U.S. Air Line Pilots Association. It had demanded an investigation of passenger lists on the NHL flights, which found a few examples of injured players, personal trainers and team owners boarding the charter south of the border and departing at another U.S. city in a technical violation of the agreement.

Were the teams greedy and flying passengers they weren't allowed to? If that's the case no wonder the exemption from the normal cabotage prohibition was revoked.
by Mukluk
Sat Sep 05, 2009 3:30 pm
I think Baird is approaching this the wrong way (i.e. banning American flights). People spend money at games, let them continue to come. As for us going down for any games - we'll have to "pencil them in" pending travel arrangements. How many games do you think would have to be cancelled before they changed their minds? 1.

I do agree with Ieewgrant though - there are rules, and if these guys are taking liberties - something needs to be fixed.

I hope we don't knee-jerk this and ban their flights in...

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by GreenTiger
Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:24 pm
"leewgrant" said
The matter was pushed by the U.S. Air Line Pilots Association. It had demanded an investigation of passenger lists on the NHL flights, which found a few examples of injured players, personal trainers and team owners boarding the charter south of the border and departing at another U.S. city in a technical violation of the agreement.

Were the teams greedy and flying passengers they weren't allowed to? If that's the case no wonder the exemption from the normal cabotage prohibition was revoked.

What is the US ALPA attempting to accomplish (outside of making themselves look like jerks)?
by PublicAnimalNo9
Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:28 pm
It's just more of that bullshit protectionism.
I say Canada should respond in kind. After all, there's a LOT more US teams that have to come to Canada to play.
by GreenTiger
Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:20 pm
"PublicAnimalNo9" said
It's just more of that bullshit protectionism.
I say Canada should respond in kind. After all, there's a LOT more US teams that have to come to Canada to play.

This kind of bullshit protectionism can kill us all on both sides of the border.
The good thing with a forum like this is we get to know whats going on so we can
at least resist this horseshit.
by TattoodGirl
Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:02 pm
Thats it shut the fucking border down....They just messed with Hockey!!!!
by Lemmy
Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:03 pm
Canada doesn't allow foreign airlines to fly between Canadian cities, so why should the USA allow it? It's no more protectionist than what's gone on in the Canadian airline industry forever.
by PublicAnimalNo9
Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:46 am
Wait, so if say San Jose play in Edmonton one night and 2 nights later their next game is in Vancouver, they'd have to take a Canadian flight and not their charter??
by Zipperfish
Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:25 am
Fly a charter into the empire state building. Preferably the Maple Leafs. Then say it was an inside job adn blame Obama.

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