Well here’s something you don’t see every day, which makes for quite a story…
For context, Magnicharters is a domestic Mexican holiday carrier that operates a fleet of a handful of Boeing 737-300s. The airline has reportedly had financial issues for quite some time, and that became especially apparent to passengers on a flight yesterday. While authorities are investigating exactly what happened, let me share what eyewitnesses have reported.
After all passengers had boarded, and shortly before the plane was scheduled to depart, the captain informed passengers that (translated) “this plane isn’t leaving until they pay us what they owe us.” The airline reportedly hadn’t paid pilots what they were due for five months — it’s not clear if that refers to the entire salary, or what. He claimed he even had to buy his own navigational charts, because the airline wasn’t providing those for pilots.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
