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submitted 1 year ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Flight AC051 had left Delhi shortly after midnight local time. When Pant's symptoms started seven hours later, it was over Europe. Pande says she pleaded with the cabin crew to divert the plane and land in order to get her father to a hospital.

Instead, the flight stayed on course for nine more hours, travelling over Ireland, across the Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Canada before touching ground in Montreal. Paramedics were waiting — but Pant died as they worked on him.

"I was very hysterical," said Pande. "My mind was gone at this point."

Her father was officially pronounced dead at a Montreal hospital from a "presumed infarction" — dead heart tissue.

Two months later, Pande says the piercing grief has given way to anger.

"He was at the mercy of the pilot and Air Canada people," she told Go Public. "They were inhumane and callous."

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[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

Murdered via neglegence. Choosing to finish the flight on time over someone's life should be despicable to anyone with a fragment of a soul left.

[-] macaroni1556@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

There are the mandated penalties for late arrivals. Diverting could result in a 24h delay for ~250 passengers which could mean a 250k fine

Except despite all the BS reasons AC says flights are outside of their control, this one is definitely outside their control.

So that doesn't hold.I wonder what their decision was based on.

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 year ago

a 250k fine

Oh wow, that's like a whole minute worth of revenue for them

[-] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Cost to divert was estimated at $900,000 in the article. Decision was based for the air medical contractor in the article.

One improvement I can immediately see, is to put the ground medical team in contact directly with the head flight attendant, rather than having communications filtered by the pilot. Each rebroadcast reduces communication accuracy.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago

Looks like we're getting another lawsuit on the value of a life.

How cheap are they today?

[-] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Cost to divert in the article was $900,000. So less than that.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's not the actual number though, we'll find that out when this goes to court and they settle or lose.

If AC wins, then it's less than 900k

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow, human lives used to be valued just over $1MM. Shrinkflation, I guess.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Eh, doesn't matter how expensive it is they'll just increase ticket prices. It's not like there's much competition or incentive for air Canada to improve things.

[-] 7355608@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'd wager less than the fundamental things required to sustain it.

[-] PuddingFeeling907@lemmy.ca 51 points 1 year ago

That’s it. Nationalize Air Canada. We have had it with their self serving doctrine.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 year ago

I think you mean renationalize ... Mulroney sold it off in '88 after deregulating airfares and letting airlines abandon uneconomic routes. And Ottawa bailed out AC during COVID, buying up almost 10% of the shares.

My guess is nationalization is on the table.

[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Canada would operate perfectly fine with nationalized airlines, telecoms, and O&G. These are established industries that don't need market effects to grow or remain profitable.

The only reason we don't is because we're fucking idiots beholden to capitalism.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

Ah, I see the airline has moved on from simply degrading disabled people to murdering them. So much more efficient!

[-] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I did notice in this article they used a wheelchair to move them to the washroom. So maybe they learned for the last one? Or more likely just different kit for different flights.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No, that's the special murderchair they use for when they're gonna murder someone.

[-] detalferous@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Don't forget the recent diarrhea flight

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Ah, yes. All the way.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 year ago

Next time just threaten to blow up the plane and pretend you have a bomb in your suitcase ready to blow if they don't land immediately.

They'll care so much about saving their property that they'll definitely land.

[-] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

How can a shit-show like Air Canada operate like this for so long??

AND ALWAYS GET AWAY WITH IT???

[-] TQuid@beehaw.org 18 points 1 year ago

Jesus Christ Air Canada is going hard for that cartoon villain status

[-] PuddingFeeling907@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

See folks this is why we should continue to deregulate the market.

[-] bitwise@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

If he wanted to live, he should've bought a new heart before flying!

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