Last month, Porter airlines lied publicly and in writing, sending out an email blast saying, “As you’re probably aware, there’s a small but vocal group that opposes Porter and wants to have the airport closed.”
The opposition is to adding jets, not to the airport. Porter knows this, of course.
This month, the Toronto Port Authority turned cry baby, whining to councillors that city staff’s conditions for island jet traffic are “poison pills” that pro-jetters can’t swallow. Funny, because the TPA put up the money for the consultants the city had to hire in order to assess the jet proposal.
I guess they don’t like the suggestions they paid for.
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Bill, did you design the nose? Perfect!
Yes, Anna, the nose is my editorial cartooning. It’s free for anyone else to use.
Brilliant communication…i am totally irritated with the pro-porter movement. They are throwing so much money at it, yet everything depends on Bombardier’s jet actually meeting the noise limits. I can’t help thinking some money will be available to make sure it does – know what I mean?
Yes, I do know what you mean … and I sure hope the noise tests are not fudged. My understanding is that tests must be conducted right at the Billy Bishop airport, under full load. Preliminary tests have been under idealized conditions.
I doubt that Bombardier’s CS100s will meet the tripartite agreement’s noise level requirements.
There are a number of other revisions to the tripartite agreement that Porter’s plan would require, not the least of which is the simple ban on jets (except during emergencies and the annual air show).
Gardiner Expressway for jets. Mid 20th century thinking.
Not to mention the lie in the full-page print ads Porter has been running through this week: “Yes, you can get there on the greenest, quietest jet available today, the Bombardier CS100.” Available today?
Thanks, Ron. That’s hilarious.
You guys are no fun at all. I’m for the jets. My arguments are here.
http://ripple.ca/no-flies-on-bob-deluce-airport-gang/#comments
Just to show that I do understand that lying can be fun, I submit:
Rob Ford has saved Toronto a billion dollars. Cracks me up.
We won the war in Afghanistan, they just don’t know it.
The Gardiner isn’t crumbling, it’s biodegrading.
CSEC secretly respects our right to privacy.
Rex Murphy knows what he’s talking about.
Porter flies money out of Toronto, not into it. Inbound flights are full of Toronto residents who went away and spent their money. Money comes in through Pearson.