Time is up for Montréal, I’m off to Seattle and Vancouver.

The flights were good, but I have to seriously question Air Canada’s check-in procedures… tons of people, two counters open, only one person at the Business check-in, only one person at a baggage drop.

After checking-in online you still need to go to a machine and print the pass, because they didn’t want to see the mobile pass they themselves send to your phone….

Then you have to print the baggage tag yourself and wait in line for the one single person who scans it all… The flight to Vancouver then was fine, uneventful…

There the usual endless lines at a usually paranoid US control – even if we all just came from a plane or just stepped through the Canadian security check… I just about made my flight.

That one was special, a small propeller craft with 50 people. I sat in row 4 right next to the engines, and – here my flight anxiety comes into full swing – I could not stop thinking that one of these blades might shake itself loose, and start chopping up the plane. I seriously reclined as far as I could… I know, I know….

32 minutes later we landed in Seattle, all intact.

Here are the flights details.

Flight 25 to Vancouver

Date: 23/07/2014
Code: AC183 from YUL to YVR
Airline: Air Canada
Plane: Airbus 319
Distance flown: 2446 Miles
Duration: 5h14

Flight 26 to Seattle

Date: 23/07/2014
Code: AC8099 from YVR to SEA
Airline: Air Canada
Plane: De Havilland Dash 8-300
Distance flown: 152 Miles
Duration: 0h33