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Friday, March 18th, 2005
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7:56a - Jetsgo Bye Bye
I can't stop giggling over all of this, but it's Airline Wank. Yup, Airlines. Always fun.
As most everyone in Canada probably knows by now, discount airline Jetsgo went under last week, right at the beginning of Spring Break -- one of the busiest flight times of the year. Specifically at 12:01 a.m. on March 11. This left over 1000 people unemployed, and 17000 people stranded at airports with only a sign saying that Jetsgo was no more for company.
Jetsgo was owned by Michel LeBlanc, who has been involved in two previous airline failures, most notable Canada 3000, which did a similiar "We're out of business" thing several years ago.
One interesting note: Jetsgo was taking reservations on their website until 11:00 p.m. on March 10th. Basically, up until 1 hour before they intended to stop business, they were taking people's money.
Friday morning, they informed everyone that they would not get any refunds from Jetsgo, nor would Jetsgo help them get home or to their travel destinations. They're to hold on to their tickets, and perhaps their credit card companies or the government would help them get their money back.
Isn't that nice? But, not wanky. Not yet...
( Wank #1: It's not my fault my company went under! It was those mean girls in high school! I mean, that awful Westjet! )
( Wank #2: It's all my fault! But it's also their fault, and their fault, and someone else's fault, too. But it's all my fault! )
( Wank #3: If I hadn't been taking all those people's money right up till the end, my planes would have crashed! )
( Just bad behavior: Want your final paycheque? Dance, monkies, dance! )
Although I feel terrible for the people who are unemployed and those who were stranded, I gotta say, this couldn't have happened to a more deserving company. I won't go into my tale of how much Jetsgo sucked. I'll let Jetsgosucks.com fill anyone in who cares.
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