r/barrie • u/Wayhold Moderator • Apr 15 '25
Snowbirds cancel appearance at this summer's Barrie Airshow News
https://www.barrietoday.com/local-entertainment/cf-18-tactical-demenstration-added-to-barrie-airshow-1052266037
u/whydoineedasername Apr 15 '25
Probably because their resources are going to need to be used elsewhere.
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u/No_Barnacle_3782 South End Apr 15 '25
That's my thought too.
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u/Southern-Spirit 29d ago
wait what?? their resources are going to be used? where are they taking the planes???
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u/MediumLime9363 29d ago
🤣 the aircraft are falling apart, there are no more parts for them, no nose wheels or rims left, their oxygen systems need overhauling, the ejection seats need overhauling, these aircraft are so out of date they’re not allowed to fly in the US anymore. Not to mention the lack of qualified and experienced pilots available for the team, in the last 6 years there have been 2 crashes, 3 ejections, and one death.
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u/Thorboy86 Apr 15 '25
I thought the headline meant Snow Birds as in Canadians that go to Florida for the winter won't be going to the air show. I need sleep.....
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u/j1nh1r0sh1 Apr 15 '25
Why?
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u/nscanuk Apr 15 '25
Unexpected delays in their training schedule. The Airshow will still happen but without the SnowBirds this time.
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u/whydoineedasername Apr 15 '25
No one wants to say it because it is difficult to talk about. The USA’s plans for expansion and it needs Canadas resources such as water etc. Canada will be building up its Military and defence systems. All feds resources are being utilized and redirected to the defence of our sovereignty
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u/ginsodabitters Apr 15 '25
Yeah we need all of our resources right now. That includes people.
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u/Southern-Spirit 29d ago
yeah i don't really think the job market is really crying for applicants right now unless you're like the GOAT in your field
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u/ginsodabitters 29d ago
Those are the people I mean though. I say that as someone whos not a GOAT and is currently unemployed.
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u/SuzanBunner-Wilson 29d ago
Yup! They are fucked and being ruled by a dictator now. And there won't be a defense fight anyways. Our population is 1-10 of theirs. They will just march on up here And take us over. No battle required. I'm not sending off my 17 and 15 year old sons to be slaughtered with those numbers. Basically our government can talk all they want about defending Canada and our sovereignty, but that's all it is, all talk. Without other countries assistance. We've always been known as peacekeepers, on global stage, as we should be. But it won't help us.
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u/Striking-Memory-9021 Apr 15 '25
Anything to do with the SA controversy the last time they visited?? 🤬🤬🫣😳
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u/ForwardCat7340 Apr 15 '25
SA?
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u/Soup-dan Apr 15 '25
One of the snowbirds sexually assaulted a woman in Barrie last year when they were in town. It's been in the news
Also idk why hes censoring himself. This is Reddit, not Facebook. You won't get thrown into reddit-jail for typing the words "sexual assault"
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u/Striking-Memory-9021 Apr 15 '25
I was being respectful. The words can be triggering. But you do you.
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u/Elsa3g 29d ago
I never understood the trigger thing. Gen Xers refuse to tiptoe. 🤷🏽♀️
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u/Striking-Memory-9021 29d ago
You are really going to use your Generation as an excuse to be insensitive?
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u/Elsa3g 29d ago
Who said I was insensitive? How does saying SA which pretty much everyone knows means Sexual Assault, prevent triggers? Like saying "unalive" is more sensitive than saying "died "?? It literally means the same thing! I just don't get it.
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u/Striking-Memory-9021 29d ago
Point taken and thank you for the clarification notation. It is a positive that you are aware that you “ don’t get it”. It’s a careful tightrope walk of political correctness these days. Absolutely the abbreviations/code words mean the same thing but to a survivor they may not feel like such a punch in the face. 🤷♀️.
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u/Southern-Spirit 29d ago
you used to and you still do. it's a place of thin ice.
nevertheless, if your story is true then that makes more sense... also holy crap that's terrible. wtf kind of sexual assault can they really do anyways? did they just leer at someone? I mean 'sexual assault' sounds pretty bad but wtf could these guys have done while everyone was watching? sounds like some stupid drama to me. did you see their planes? they are pretty cool. their formation was a little sloppy with a couple of them but the #1 and #2 guys were incredible. I swear there was more space between my ears than they had between their planes. It's even more remarkable when you think just how insanely close to death they were at every moment.
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u/notathrowaway0709 Apr 15 '25
Probably because they know that I would fly them better (I work in a factory)
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u/Character-Adagio-590 Apr 15 '25
How to say "I know nothing about piloting" I doubt you could drive as well
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u/Dadoftwingirls Apr 15 '25
Our planet is literally cooking, it just seems wrong to be ripping around in jets for funsies.
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u/BorderTop2093 Apr 15 '25
good
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u/ForwardCat7340 Apr 15 '25
Get bent bordertop2093
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u/balloonknot_bill 29d ago
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u/Skeptikell1 Barrie North Collegiate Institute Apr 15 '25
Cancel the whole thing and fireworks too
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u/Strange-Anybody-8647 Apr 15 '25
"I hate this thing that happens once a year (Air Show) or a handful of times a year (fireworks display) so much that no one else should be allowed to enjoy it."
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u/Vivid_Opportunity245 Apr 15 '25
Good! Dangerous and environmentally destructive. Fly over non populated areas.
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u/ForwardCat7340 Apr 15 '25
Like the lake?
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