nakina air

[gmattbruin]

i asked this another post, but will put it out there in its own post. Did anyone else experience a LONG delay on SatJun16th flying in or out with Nakina Air. Our group was told be ready to flyout of our camp at 7am, we got taken out at 130pm. This isnt our 1st trip and have experienced many delays before and they ususally stem from weather,which is always understandable. We were told that Greg(NA) had a dockhand and pilot quit, and all im looking for is some confirmation that that is was happened. He runs a tight ship and always seems to me to be reliable,but @#$# happens. Just want to make sure this wasnt an outfitter error.

[solopaddler]

Why wouldn't you just ask at the airbase?, they wouldn't lie.

Bottom line Saturdays are a busy flying day up there. More often than not I've been picked up in early afternoon. It's certainly no big deal, they can't schedule all the flights at once.

[TIGHTLINER]

We have flown with Nakina Air 8 or 9 times we always found Greg to be on the up and up. I don't think we have ever had a wait time of more than a hour of what we were told the pickup time would be. Solo is right Saturday is a busy fly in and fly out day. Bruce one of the pilots has been there a long time always seemed happy with his job. The dockhands seemed to work good together this year when we used them with AWO You get one party late and several more and this could run into lots of backed up flights. I would ask the outfitter if he knew of any reason for the delay.

[oleJoe]

Most of the time if you are waiting to be picked up from an outpost, they will wait on the party flying in. If they aren't there first thing in the morning you will wait till they arrive or not show up at all. You will probably get picked up when every group is flown in and they are empty coming back. It happens. It has happened to us when the group coming in weren't on the dock on time. They really don't want to fly empty.

[unclepaully]

Two summers ago we were getting picked up at Beteau lake and we had to wait around until noon. Nakina Air called Eddie and let him know the appox. arrival time. No big deal, we just got home a little later. I try not to get all stressed about things that are out of my control. When it comes to flying I'm just happy when I'm back on Terra firma.
I thought Nakina Air did a great job all around...would definitely use them again.

[gmattbruin]

Like I said this wasnt our 1st rodeo, and delays are always 2be expected. Mike I didnt ask Greg because when we got off the plane he was swamped with getting the plane ready to go again and we needed to get goin. There is more to the story guys. the group coming in gave us 1 version and the outfitter another. All Im trying to do is clarify 1 story or another...you all know by now you have to trust your outfitter. This is by no means a question towards Nakina Air. They are a top notch business,with great pilots and if they could clarify, that would be good. Dont want to have 2 conflicting stories on what happened. Remember i mentioned weather by no means a factor,it came down to prioritiy in when we would get out, or our flight was NEVER booked,which isnt good. I dont want to into the whole story before I know wht really happened.

[solopaddler]

Regardless of why it happened, in all seriousness should it really matter that much?

Stuff like this happens all the time, roll with it or find a really good drive to camp that you like.

[gmattbruin]

Mike....had 2 be there! I know stuff happens. Im trying not to go into details, if you know wht I mean.

[Crede]

Not sure if this applies to what you are meaning to ask. Last year we flew with Nakina Air (different outfitter from your's). While waiting at the base to fly in we asked if they had made their schedule for the following Saturday - when we were scheduled to fly out. They said, "Somewhat.". We asked where we were on that schedule and were told, "Your outfitter hasn't scheduled your flight out yet.". We were somewhat surprised by this, but Nakina Air didn't really act like this was that unusual. Our outfitter had told us before that when to be ready for our flight out and the plane was right on time.

I could see a scenario where Nakina Air has a kind of preset schedule for the outfitters they deal with but if the outfitter is somewhat "late" getting things scheduled that their outposts may go to the end of the line for the day. This is simply speculation on my part.

[gmattbruin]

Thank you Crede,you are very close. If your flight has not been booked AT ALL, that could be an issue.