The crew shortage that led to a number of scrapped sailings in B.C.'s Sunshine Coast region this weekend was because of a car accident, BC Ferries confirmed.
It’s almost like somewhere around 2004… something changed :-P
BC Ferries was operating at a loss between 1960 and 2004… but it was a government corporation and didn’t really “need” to run at a profit. As soon as it was privatized and that American CEO stepped in, things started going wrong.
Now it’s a complete shit show. The working conditions and contracts that the staff are employed under are insane. Yeah, they can’t find employees… not much wonder.
So you’re telling me that they run on such a skeleton crew that ONE employee having an accident and missing work led to 12 sailings being cancelled?
I really think it’s time to accept that BC Ferries should be run as a public service and not as a for profit business.
It’s almost like somewhere around 2004… something changed :-P
BC Ferries was operating at a loss between 1960 and 2004… but it was a government corporation and didn’t really “need” to run at a profit. As soon as it was privatized and that American CEO stepped in, things started going wrong.
Now it’s a complete shit show. The working conditions and contracts that the staff are employed under are insane. Yeah, they can’t find employees… not much wonder.