As the protests continue, the Canadian government has been trying to bring Canadians out of Egypt as they chartered a plane to bring these people from Cairo to Frankfurt, Germany. All of the passengers that were aboard the Air Canada flight were required to sign a contract, which stated that they would be responsible for all fees after they have arrived in Frankfurt, and also that they must pay $400 for the flight from Cairo to Frankfurt. In Cairo International Airport, the passengers had to wait many hours to get processed, and additional waiting caused by the ground-handling agent, who demanded $2000 from the passengers as a whole in order to let them board the plane. After the bribe was paid, there was yet more waiting on-board the plane as they needed a tow to one of the runways. The management of the Cairo International Airport is very poor, as security agents wanted to delay the flight further by wanting to check all the passengers on the plane once again, but was not done at the end. This first flight took off at 3pm on Monday, and there have already been been 2 other flights that have taken off for Frankfurt to this day, another one on Monday and the last on Tuesday evening. There are still believed to be 6000 Canadians in Egypt.I believe that the Canadian government should get all Canadians out of Egypt and out of danger as soon as possible, although it is understandable that it is very difficult with the corruption and the poor services and management in the airports, and also in the country as a whole. Moreover, I do not think that it is right for the government to require the passengers to be responsible for their expenses after their arrival in Europe, as this is an unfortunate incident that nobody wanted to happen. It is unfair that these Canadians have to pay extra money in order to be "safe" and return home, since some might find it difficult to get by with the little money that they have left after the $400 flight from Cairo, and also the $2000 bribe that was paid.
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