Sunday 20 March 2011

3 hour+ Customs Backups at Toronto Pearson Airport-CBC Article

'It's entirely unacceptable for passengers, especially after a long flight, to arrive and then be expected to wait such a long time to get into the customs hall.'—Scott Armstrong, GTAA spokesman

As a former Pearson Customs Officer, I can tell you I lived through many of these situations. I would come in for my shift and have the lineups still be there when I left 8 hours later. Of course March Break and other big travel holiday times are busy but something is very wrong at the Toronto airport when it takes longer to get out of the airport than it does to fly home. CBC.ca has an in depth look at this here
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/03/17/pearson-airport-lines-customs548.html
Makes me happy I fly Buffalo!

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