Volunteers communicating the need for Pickering Airport
By Ted Nickerson Back in March 2023, I posted my “Final” update to passenger recovery post-COVID. Well, I couldn’t let it go and have discovered some surprising insights that everyone needs to hear. Here is a June 2024 snapshot (a snapshot since Statistics Canada, a key credible data source, has not released the 2023 Canadian […]
This year the Las Vegas Golden Knights, an expansion team founded only six years ago, won the Stanley cup. How did a desert oasis in Nevada, with a population less than half of the 6.3 million of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), achieve something that Toronto hockey fans have been waiting 56 years for? Torontonians […]
Did the April 24th, 2023 Pickering City council meeting go absolutely BANANAs (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone) over a motion playing municipal politics with a federally mandated new airport? While the city has little control over if and when the airport is built, that did not stop two local councilors from putting forth […]
By Ted Nickerson, March 10, 2023 This will be my last update from an aviation recovery perspective. In my first posting on this topic in March 2022, I identified that IATA (1) predicted that North American commercial aviation would reach 94% of the 2019 passenger traffic volume by year-end 2022 and reach 102% by year-end […]
The history of the land set aside for Pickering Airport is a fascinating window into the development of Canada and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). It is often presented as a dark tale of the politicization of infrastructure development, regional rivalry, and misinformation. It has been referred to as “the other Mirabel” for political and […]
By Ted Nickerson, Without question, meaningful and respectful consultation with First Nations and Metis Nations will be an essential component of any development on these lands. The great work already done by Transport Canada and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) provides a solid base for these consultations similar to the Seaton consultations. In-depth archaeological […]
This article is about why pilots today should never talk to an average reporter and what everyone can learn from aviation’s hard-won experience. Chatting with the media, while bolstering your ego with 15 seconds of fame, is not for the inexperienced individuals. More harm than good can be achieved by off the cuff interviews. As […]
By Ted Nickerson, October 4, 2022 In the March 2022 posting, I identified that IATA (1) predicted that North American commercial aviation would reach 94% of the 2019 passenger traffic volume by year-end 2022 and reach 102% by year-end 2023. Further, at that time the USA and Mexico were already near the 2022 forecast but […]
By Mark Brooks The Pandemic is ending, you’re vaccinated and looking forward to travelling for the first time in two years. What is the most responsible, lowest carbon cost of transportation in Canada Today? The answer to this question is harder to find than you might think and often as not the opposite of what […]
By Ted Nickerson News Flash – November 2021 “The Big Lie Exposed”, a media release by the lobby group Land Over Landings states that the Transport Canada-commissioned study says an airport in Pickering Ontario is not needed by 2036. https://landoverlandings.com/resources/the-big-lie-exposed/ Oh, really! This pronouncement makes me think of the phrase “If you tell a lie […]
