Please see the message below from our commanding officer. Dear Cadets / Parents, As you know we had to cancel our Field Training Exercise last night due to an issue with our bussing. I wanted to take the time to send you all a note to explain how this happened and the steps moving forward. The staff of 88 RCACS have spent months planning this Field Training Exercise including ensuring that all the logistical support was in place. Our contracting section at our regional headquarters engaged a transportation vendor to provide bussing services to support our weekend and this company accepted this offer and payment was made to them. The buses were scheduled to arrive at 1800hrs (6:00PM) at our trailer, unfortunately the busses did not show up. I immediately contacted the after-hours support for our contracting cell and the vendor directly. The vendor confirmed that they made a mistake and did not schedule the buses even though our booking was made correctly on our end and confirmed. I worked closely with our contracting cell, and we went on to contact 13 different local transportation vendors in hopes of being able to secure alternative transportation. Unfortunately, we were not able to secure another bussing contract and at 1930hrs (7:30PM), 1.5 hours after the busses were supposed to have arrived, I made the decision to cancel our Field Training Exercise. While this was totally outside of our control at 88 RCACS, we know how extremely disappointing this was for everyone. We are just as disappointed as well after all the of work put in and knowing how excited all our cadets were to attend this weekend. We are working closely with our regional headquarters to try and secure alternative arrangements to potentially have an activity on a different weekend. It will be a challenge given how quickly these camps are booked up, but we will try our best and communicate this information as soon as we have anything to share. To the cadets and parents, especially those parents who waited the additional 1.5 hours with your cadet last night and were able to get the regular updates from my staff and the SSC chair Mrs. Lyon, I thank you so much for your patience and understanding as we tried everything we could to save our weekend activity and get it back on track. If you have any concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at Taylor.Pike@cadets.gc.ca. Sincerely, Captain Taylor Pike Commanding Officer 88 Airdrie Lynx Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron (fb)

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the FTX has been canceled. If your cadet is here, please come back to get them. We apologize for the inconvenience. (fb)