Mike.
Are those PTV's still operational at YMX? I have never been there,
and it's NOT in my future travel plans! It appears to me, that YMX has
now become even the "alternate of last resort" for most carriers, for
various reasons - even AC! Looks good for you GA folks though....
Liam.
YVR.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gammon" <jmgammon@sympatico.ca>
To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: Speaking of Montreal...
> I've also used Miserabelle for travel purposes on airlines. My first
trip
> was to LHR via BA back in '85. Then in '86, same destination, but on AC.
In
> '87 I flew YMX-YYZ-GIG-GRU on Varig (DC10 YMX-GIG, then 747-300 to SAO).
In
> '90, to LHR via BA again, then onwards to JNB. In '94, again LHR on BA
and
> onwards to JNB. By '97, when I next went to LHR (this time onwards to
AMS),
> it was from YUL and also my first ride on a Triple-seven (flown that one
on
> BA and KE).
>
> Nothing, however, beat having 16 private pilots being ferried out to their
> aircraft in a PTV. Normally I rode those with what seemed like hundreds
> jammed in tight. Of all the commercial flights I took out of Miserabelle,
> all but one was on a 747. The exception was the flight to SAO, on a DC10.
>
> Anecdote: at one time they were to have a high-speed rail link to
> Miserabelle. Most of the route was on a Canadian National branch line
that
> was to be upgraded for the job, connecting with an existing electrified
> commuter line into Montreal. There is even, in the basement of the YMX
> terminal building, a full rail station that is missing only two things:
> rails and trains (I also happen to be a railfan). Then there was
autoroute
> 13, which stopped quite a few kilometers short. If a proper high-speed
> rail link and highway access been provided from the get-go, the YMX-YUL
> story might have had a different conclusion.
>
> I bet in the end YMX ends up the largest uncontrolled airfield in
Canada...
>
> Mike Gammon