A loud “duh!” could be heard along Ottawa’s corridors
yesterday, dahrlings, as the judges at the Canadian Transportation Agency
dusted off their mandate and figured out they are supposed to go after
SkyGreece.
[The last order they gave was simply to get SkyGreece to
tell Gabor they hear his pain. No doubt the thousand stranded pax were
relieved to hear that.]
The judges can be forgiven, Pumpkins, they’re old. And these
things take time. And they have to find their teeth. It's taken a week, to be precise. To work out that they are supposed to ensure
that air carriers abide by the terms and conditions of their respective tariffs -- i.e. to fly their a-e-r-o-p-l-a-n-e.
Is it me, dahrlings, or is that pretty basic?
But not to worry, Pumpkins, the toothless order they have issued is for real. They
mean it this time. At least they think so. Preliminary, at least.
Honestly, dahrlings, the stuff is so good you have to read
it for yourselves:
CTA ANALYSIS AND
FINDINGS
with explanatory addendumdi from Ivanna Gabbalot
In its press
release dated August 28, 2015, SkyGreece recognizes that passengers have been
affected by its decision to temporarily suspend all operations. [excellent powers of
observation]
However, SkyGreece refers passengers to their travel agents to arrange for
alternate travel and/or accommodations. [why not]
It appears
from this press release that SkyGreece may not have complied with its tariff,
which requires SkyGreece to present passengers with specified options. [it does appear that
way]
The tariff does not permit SkyGreece to simply refer passengers to their travel
agents. Indeed, it is possible that passengers may not even have reserved their
travel through travel agents. [these guys are whip smart]
Given that
SkyGreece cannot offer passengers the choice to travel on another of its
scheduled flights or on a different routing, as it has temporarily ceased all
operations, it must, according to its tariff, offer passengers other options,
including transportation using the services of another carrier or refunding
passengers’ tickets. Based on the complaints received by the Agency, SkyGreece appears
not to have made such options available. [save me. I haven't seen brains like that in action since Kermit figured out Bert & Ernie like to rub their duckies together]
