Holiday travel angst lingers as airports, airlines gear up for holiday rush

MONTREAL – Michael Morrow is sitting poolside in Cancun, a Corona lager in hand, but with the faintest of knots in his stomach. “To have a trip cancelled due to the airline is painful, but to have it happen at Christmas — when that is the only possible time to have the trip — is much more painful,” he says, referring to a holiday excursion to Mexico last year that was cancelled due to crew constraints. × Already a Subscriber? Sign in You are logged in Switch accounts This year, he’s slated to fly back to Thunder Bay, Ont., from Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula on Dec. 25. He and his family have built in some buffer time for their holiday plans…