[besson3c]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...tnerId=rss_tor


The article is a little misleading because it doesn't say which country started this, but infers the US did. If they did, isn't this a little arrogant?

[turtle777]

That nonsense is not a problem in the NFL

Just lock the Canucks out, and all is good

-t

[chabig]

Originally Posted by besson3c 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...tnerId=rss_torisn't this a little arrogant?

Not really. It's the law. Foreign air carriers are not allowed to carry passengers between US cities.

[besson3c]

It's a new Obama/DHS/Department of Transportation ruling though, hence the thread.

Turtle: you should lock your Mom out. Not cool at all. Canada is your friendly neighbor, and Mr. Rogers you aren't (although a Mr. Rogers used to own the Blue Jays before he died).

[chabig]

It has always been the law. The Bush administration granted an exemption and the BO administration reversed the exemption.

[besson3c]

That shows my ignorance. I'll have to look more into this, I guess. I just read this story and was sort of amused by it enough to start a thread here, not knowing anything about it prior really.

[chabig]

Here is some information:

http://public.alpa.org/portals/alpa/...h_20090812.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabotage

[besson3c]

How is this only seemingly relevant to sports franchises though? Hmmm...

[chabig]

The law is relevant to all transportation within the United States. The Bush administration allowed an exemption for this kind of charter travel. The current administration revoked the exemption, restoring the original rule of law.

[mduell]

Most countries do not allow foreign carriers to carry passengers between points inside their country. Canada does not allow stand alone cabotage by US carriers and AFAIK has been more aggressive about enforcing it over the years.

That said, this looks like a poor write up. From what I read elsewhere, at least one Canadian carrier was allowing passengers to travel between points in the US without a flight to Canada at either end, which is illegal. They just got busted for this, and their punishment is they can't do any Canada-US-US-Canada trips.

What they were allowed to do: Canada-US-US-Canada trips.
What they did: Allowed passengers to only fly the US-US segment.
What they may now do: Canada-US-Canada trips.

Note this is about where the passengers go, not where the airplane goes. It could have been the original Canada-US aircraft went back to Canada afterward and a few days later another aircraft came down to the US for the US-US leg.

I don't see why it's a big deal for the teams to take a domestic carrier between cities. There are many capable charter carriers in both countries.