Ferry Unloading Procedures...

New Ferry unloading procedures - do you like it ?

It's temporary - if you don't like it -  SPEAK UP !   

Write to:    harjinder.jangu@bcferries.com    who is the Senior Master for our route.

I don't like it because:

- cars getting damaged by people with strollers,  large suitcases, backpacks (think summer camps) making their way to the front.  It's a fact that people have to lift strollers between cars in order to  get out of the waiting room or to the front of the boat.

- slow people on the ramp = delays = overtime = more $$  (walk-on ramp in Chemainus is too narrow, on busy days foot passengers have no choice but to walk up the car ramp.) There are a lot of people  who can't walk very fast. They will feel pressured to hurry up the car ramp in order to get out of the way of the cars. With the old system they could take their time going up the foot passenger ramp. Not too mention how this will slow everything down - it's a long, steep hill.

- People having to stand in the rain and car fumes while waiting to get off (covered area is not big enough) or having to hurry out of the waiting room at the last minute - again feeling pressured to hurry up       

- Dangerous situation when cars are driving up behind foot passengers who might decide to cross to the waiting room in Chemainus at the last minute  (or even worse when the people have to walk around a truck delivering to 49th in Chemainus while the cars are driving up behind them)

Summer is coming: think ahead to busy summer schedule with 80 kids getting off and 50 getting on.....  Enough said: if you agree,  TELL THEM YOU WANT THE OLD SYSTEM BACK.

Simone Luckham