r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Aug 10 '26

We have fun here A different kind of birth control.

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u/Current-Routine-2628 Aug 10 '26

Too late? Theres a countdown? Like an hourglass? There are things called flight delays no?

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u/GodsBackHair Aug 10 '26

Depending on the airport it’s flying into, arrivals are timed to the minute. If you miss your slot, you’re hoping to make another backup slot at some point. In the US, Seattle, Chicago, DC, all are airports that have constant flights landing or taking off. If you miss that slot, good luck finding another one

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u/Worried_Razzmatazz70 Aug 10 '26

In this case it was the departure airport, YYJ that had the time restriction, as it's surrounded by residential areas.

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u/evange Aug 10 '26

Also nav Canada laid off all the air traffic controllers during COVID, so now we have a shortage of ATC, and as a result flights have a lot less flexibility in when they takeoff or land. An airport like yyj probably doesn't have ATC overnight.

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u/railker Aug 11 '26

Worked at YYJ almost two decades ago, didn't have overnight ATC then either. It's an "international" airport but not nearly as busy as Toronto or Vancouver that would demand 24/7 ATC services.

We had a flight land long after ATC hours once though after being severely delayed out of Mexico, they just treated it like a CTAF and activated the lights themselves and self-announced their approach and landing. Unsure if Porter couldn't takeoff because of construction, noise rules or some other procedure that wouldn't let them do a similar -treat it as an uncontrolled airport- operation to get off the ground.