tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post394847992815730833..comments2023-07-25T02:39:44.615-07:00Comments on Bill Tieleman: YVR Vancouver International Airport's Airport Improvement Fee - connecting passengers fly free, all others pay!Bill Tielemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-54858066336625809592012-05-07T13:32:39.992-07:002012-05-07T13:32:39.992-07:00Why would neoliberals care??? It's chump chan...Why would neoliberals care??? It's chump change. For fun on Saturday, I wiped my arse with a $10 bill. We all thought it was funny.<br /><br />If this small fee keeps the low lifes out, we are all for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-10588174639708210952012-05-06T16:39:01.790-07:002012-05-06T16:39:01.790-07:00Why are you posting?Why are you posting?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-41503539531394243562012-05-05T10:05:54.903-07:002012-05-05T10:05:54.903-07:00If this is boring one of you, then why are you sti...If this is boring one of you, then why are you still posting?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-16839823407052221622012-05-04T19:10:12.040-07:002012-05-04T19:10:12.040-07:00Bill - you are clearly upsetting neoliberals with ...Bill - you are clearly upsetting neoliberals with these yvr stories. Please think about their feelings before simply reporting the truth.<br /><br />Doesn't apply to "neoliberals". The only truth in this new blog item is that Bill is whining over something that he's already whined about this year.<br /><br />He's turning into a fine BC whine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-77725180306103128392012-05-04T17:28:43.321-07:002012-05-04T17:28:43.321-07:00Who are you people that are cheerleading paying ex...Who are you people that are cheerleading paying extra fees? Could the rest of BC pass on our msp" premiums" to you?<br /><br />Who are you people whining and complaining about fees for upgrading and enhancing employment at YVR?<br /><br />No one is forcing you to use YVR.<br /><br />You can go to Abbotsford or saulk in a border lineup if you want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-23960748380802549082012-05-04T17:26:23.886-07:002012-05-04T17:26:23.886-07:00"Airports do NOT need aquariums,or water fall..."Airports do NOT need aquariums,or water falls. What they do need is good and safe maintenance of the aircraft. Something that an AIF will not help."<br /><br />Actually it does. Improvements aren't limited to aqauariums. There's equipment for maintainence, aircraft <br />and baggage handling and the like. <br /><br />Widen your peripheral vision in regards to what YVR is beyond waterfalls aquariums and black jade boat carvings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-20411855724949221092012-05-04T10:18:59.247-07:002012-05-04T10:18:59.247-07:00Who are you people that are cheerleading paying ex...Who are you people that are cheerleading paying extra fees? Could the rest of BC pass on our msp" premiums" to you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-61597508366884317292012-05-04T08:06:57.835-07:002012-05-04T08:06:57.835-07:00Bill - you are clearly upsetting neoliberals with ...Bill - you are clearly upsetting neoliberals with these yvr stories. Please think about their feelings before simply reporting the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-14337756017969387442012-05-03T23:04:07.696-07:002012-05-03T23:04:07.696-07:00Airports do NOT need aquariums,or water falls. Wha...Airports do NOT need aquariums,or water falls. What they do need is good and safe maintenance of the aircraft. Something that an AIF will not help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-12807050462006478412012-05-03T19:04:45.733-07:002012-05-03T19:04:45.733-07:00I think they should double the improvement fee. It...I think they should double the improvement fee. It's too cheap.<br /><br />Might have a point there. Compared to the 1968 terminal, the current one is alot better.<br /><br />But Bill here wants to go back to the plain old terminal, a few plastic seats, piping hot watery coffee out of vending machines and one counter for the ticket agents for every four airlines that use YVR. <br /><br />Sort something that he sees upon landing at Puerto Vallarta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-4147278128076063032012-05-03T18:03:21.942-07:002012-05-03T18:03:21.942-07:00I think they should double the improvement fee. I...I think they should double the improvement fee. It's too cheap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-15677490658505159402012-05-03T13:04:53.827-07:002012-05-03T13:04:53.827-07:00Apparently the Eye is blind when it comes to readi...Apparently the Eye is blind when it comes to reading symbols and signs. Few have gotten lost at YVR and who wants to be stuck in border line ups?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-38323893927658025682012-05-03T11:21:48.128-07:002012-05-03T11:21:48.128-07:00The "Eye" flew out of Bellingham earlier...The "Eye" flew out of Bellingham earlier this year and found the airport quite good. No frills and friendly service and so easy parking!<br /><br />I was picking up a friend at YVR and found the colossus just too large to navigate. Signage is poor and when I went to an information kiosk, the attendant could not speak English!<br /><br />The "Eye's" rule for YVR, avoid at all costs.Evil Eyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-55175081790314507822012-05-02T23:08:40.523-07:002012-05-02T23:08:40.523-07:00Anon 10:10 - thanks - good point and I have correc...Anon 10:10 - thanks - good point and I have corrected the headline - forgot about that when I fixed the column post.Bill Tielemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-48120911700541869652012-05-02T22:10:18.378-07:002012-05-02T22:10:18.378-07:00So Bill when are you going to correct the orange l...So Bill when are you going to correct the orange lettered title at the top of this blog page?<br /><br />it is wrong, and you know it.<br /><br />and why the second flight on this issue. <br /><br />We flew this route in January before you took off to Mexico.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-68767275325852161182012-05-02T21:33:51.214-07:002012-05-02T21:33:51.214-07:00"No one is forcing us to flyout of YVR but we..."No one is forcing us to flyout of YVR but we should not have to fly out of another airport because the one where we live is too expensive. "<br /><br />So who is saying it is too expensive? There are many domestic and intra-continental trips originating from YVR. It may be expensive for you, but obviously not for others. <br /><br />"The issue for many is we are paying for foreign persons travelling through the airport. They aren't stopping & shopping."<br /><br />How do you know that? There's a 90 minute to an hour cycle time possibly a bit more so during that wait, people do shop and eat at the facilities available. If they didn't all you would see is rows and rows of plastic bucket seats.<br /><br />Have you checked the retail flow in regards to transferring passengers?<br /><br />You're also forgetting the labour involved on those flights that the foriegn arrivals pass onto. Baggage transfer, air ground handlers, etc. etc.<br /><br />"They aren't visiting. In short they are in no way contributing to B.C. & its economy. They simply want a shorter time period to travel through the airport."<br /><br />Actually they are contributing to the BC economy. The airport has employees and they work, pay taxes. Additional traffic volume means more employment. <br /><br />"As to providing jobs, we have no way of knowing who will get the contracts to build the new facilities."<br /><br />There's much more to it than that. There's the construction jobs, the additional employment the facilities will bring in. <br /><br /><br />"Much of the equipment will be purchased outside of Canada & the workers may in fact be brought in from out of Canada."<br /><br />Much of that specialised equipment is not manufactured in Canada.<br /><br />You don't know specifically if the outside workers are the case. If it is it may because of the fact that locals may not want to do the work. Cite where the as you state<br />outside workers would be brought in for construction at YVR.<br /><br />This is an additional tax which is being imposed on the people of B.C. by non elected persons.<br /><br />Not on the people universally. Only those who use YVR.<br /><br /><br /> That in my opinion is the issue. The board which controls the YVR is not responsible to us the citizens of the lower mainland or B.C.<br /><br />and why should it be? Cite? Reasoning?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-80009598939568054502012-05-02T20:43:23.736-07:002012-05-02T20:43:23.736-07:00No one is forcing us to flyout of YVR but we shoul...No one is forcing us to flyout of YVR but we should not have to fly out of another airport because the one where we live is too expensive. <br /><br />The issue for many is we are paying for foreign persons travelling through the airport. They aren't stopping & shopping. They aren't visiting. In short they are in no way contributing to B.C. & its economy. They simply want a shorter time period to travel through the airport.<br /><br />There is no reason we should have to pay for that. <br /><br />As to providing jobs, we have no way of knowing who will get the contracts to build the new facilities. Much of the equipment will be purchased outside of Canada & the workers may in fact be brought in from out of Canada.<br /><br />This is an additional tax which is being imposed on the people of B.C. by non elected persons. That in my opinion is the issue. The board which controls the YVR is not responsible to us the citizens of the lower mainland or B.C.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-60012128760068739312012-05-02T13:04:52.102-07:002012-05-02T13:04:52.102-07:00no one is forcing anyone to flyout of YVR. So who...no one is forcing anyone to flyout of YVR. So who cares.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-1619729231673165912012-05-02T00:34:35.312-07:002012-05-02T00:34:35.312-07:00YAWN. Come up with some new to complain TielemanYAWN. Come up with some new to complain TielemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-78802396663720641292012-05-01T19:10:42.607-07:002012-05-01T19:10:42.607-07:00Too bad these jobs are in Bellingham and Seattle.Too bad these jobs are in Bellingham and Seattle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-769785974816661742012-05-01T17:06:35.209-07:002012-05-01T17:06:35.209-07:00Geezus Bill, you've been down that flight path...Geezus Bill, you've been down that flight path before this year.<br /><br />Ever stop to think that those improvements create jobs, and yes even Union ones such as the airport crews and maintenance of aircraft crews, the air traffic controllers, support staff etc. etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com