LoL, isnt any kind of long distance travle this time of year worse just like any major holiday time of year? summer break, spring break, July 4th in the US, etc...
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LoL, no.
the sunday after thanksgiving launches the period all the migratory canadians, all the snow birds from the north east, and all the europeans flock to differant parts of america
IN ADDITION
to your average holliday like july 4th.
the absolutly bussiest day is the sunday following new years day. last year we did a 11,000 traffic count in a facility geared for a 6 to 7,000 count.
and it stays moderate to heavy trafic the entire time between thanksgiving and easter, which marks the time all the snowbirds leave, the canuks go home, and the rest of america gets back to work for the grind.
suprisingly, summer is the slowest time of the year.
for those interested, we are all on 6 day weeks probably untill next summer. next year will be worse. i would go into details why, but suffice to say, we have our own Brownie running the FAA. a reasonably intellegant person with absolutly no experience or insight into this operation.
and like you, she doesnt see why any other holliday we go through is any differant than the dreaded thanksgiving to easter season.
we got lucky today. chacago, newark, and dallas had weather delays, and by the time they launched, the heavyest traffic had passed.
but enough about the problems of yet another Bush era government agency. like stop signs, it will probably take a collision to steer this train wreck back on coarse to safety over dollars, and we would rather work our 6 day weeks than let that happen. most of us anyway.
and overtime pay is around 100 dollars an hour.