A Crisis Boiling Point In Saskatoon

Whether or not there is a problem with taxi service at the Saskatoon Airport all depends on who you listen to.
City Councillor Pat Lorje says its "a crisis boiling point". She adds "the situation is officially disastrous".
The Saskatoon Airport Authority says the criticism is unfounded. Officially there is no problem.
Now I don't do a lot of flying and the three or four times I do each year, I try to have someone pick me up at the airport.
However two months ago I did take a cab ride home. I stood in line for almost 45 minutes before finally being placed in a taxi.
In front of me were numerous confused people waiting as well. Taxi drivers themselves seemed to be doing what little co-ordinating there was trying to double up passengers and determine who was going where.
The next time I flew it was a little better with a lady co-ordinator with a hand held radio trying to keep things organized.
The wait time was slightly better but still not good.
Its seems the experience of two city councillors has been much the same as mine and consequently the story has hit the front page of the newspaper.
Apparently there are two or three taxi companies in Saskatoon. One was recently awarded a ten year contract to service the
Saskatoon airport from the Saskatoon Airport Authority. Rumors abound that the company that has the contract recently lost about fifty drivers to a newly formed taxi company and hence the problem.
No wait the Saskatoon Airport Authority says there is no problem. So why does a contract get awarded to one company over another? Would not the citizens and more importantly the visitors to Saskatoon be better served if all taxi companies could service the airport. It used to be that cab companies would form a line up, one behind the other, and waiting fares would take the first one and everyone was served.
I presume its all about money in awarding a contract to one company over another. And as everyone knows money is going to trump passenger comfort everytime. Even when the visitors and tourists to the city stand in a "crisis boiling point" that really is "officially disastrous".