Tue, Aug 31, 2004
Full Refunds Made To Tour Participants
Its got to be tough
running an aerial touring company with a hurricane bearing down on
you... and for the second time in a month.
A long-awaited trip to the Bahamas was a casualty of Mother
Nature as Air Journey's Thierry Pouille elected to steer clear of
Hurricane Francis and cancel the trip. Pouille noted that if they
didn't, they might end up "in the bayous of Louisiana." The
September 3-6 "Labor day in the Bahamas" trip to Staniel Cay (Exuma
Islands), seemed to lie directly in the path of the approaching
hurricane. During the past week Pouille has been updating his
clients with maps of the approaching storm and preparing them for
the possibility of a cancellation -- which came late Sunday.
The Bahamas tour is one of Air Journey's most popular since the
Bahamas Islands are only 60 NM from the Florida Coast. Their
escorted tours (for GA flyers) handle all the scary paperwork and
take flyers to some beautiful locales, while also insuring that the
journey is 'safe, secure, relaxing and fun.' One of the ways that
safety is enhanced is that Air Journey provides a briefing prior to
each flight, and encourages flights only in VFR weather (with
either a VFR or IFR flight plan). And, mind you, a hurricane
tends to screw up the works. The escorted tour includes all hotels,
some meals, all the paperwork and discounts on Life vest and raft
rentals -- but apparently no guarantee of good weather.
Pouille noted that safety is foremost in their mind, and that
the cancellation cost none of the tour members a dime... "we
refunded everyone's fees for the Bahamas trip, since this was our
decision to do so."
In the meantime, Pouille is looking forward to Sept 26th, where
a 7 day Canada-Maritime Provinces tour to New Brunswick, Cape
Breton, and Prince Edward Island will (hopefully) be hurricane
free.
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