Toronto Pearson Cargo

Volga-Kneper AN-124

Another shot of the AN-124. It's big.

Volga-Kneper Antanov 124

Got lucky on this pic. Just pulling into park when this An-124 showed up. It's a regular visitor to YYZ. First time getting a picture of it.

Leaving Las Vegas

Some serious remodelling of a mountain south of Las Vegas.

Air Canada from Las Vegas

Down Westjet and back Air Canada. Excellent flight. Left early, caught a strong tail wind. Home way ahead of schedule.

Only glitch - sound not working on new touch screen entertainment system - which seriously reduces its functionality!

Terminal 2 lounge at Vegas overlooks the various private jet terminals at the airport. Private jet traffic is non-stop. Gotta stop losing money first!

Westjet to Las Vegas

Last week, experienced the 8:45 pm Wesjet flight to Las Vegas. Gets into Vegas at 10:45 pm - early by Vegas standards. All in all, typical Westjet flight - TV's are just a great feature - especially when Monday Night Football is on.

Unfortunately checking in was a little bizarre. With two flights heading to the States - one to Orlando, the other to Vegas - there was only ONE Westject staffer at the check-in. Actually there we two - one to calm an increasingly agitated crowd, the other to do check-ins.

Ultimately, took us an HOUR to check in - and there weren't a lot of people. How does stuff like this happen? Pretty sure this wasn't the first time these flights had been scheduled. Stuff happens?

Other observation - no taxis at Terminal 2 in Vegas when we got there. Terminal 2 is the 'international' terminal at Vegas - the hinterlands of taxiville. So it cost us $45 to grab a limo to an airport conference hotel. I wonder how much airlines think about their complete passenger experience - including getting picked up once you land? Point being it's not just good enough to get you through the air safely - it's what happens before and after that I assume gets factored into whether I'd ever fly the same airline again. In this case, there's no question I'd check out an American airline as well as the Canadian airlines going to Vegas (AC flies into the same terminal).