(06-29-2026, 08:04 PM)SammyOES Wrote: Just as one example, you could have a security seal placed on the doors (passenger and luggage) in Waterloo that triggers electronically and physically breaks if the door is opened. So passengers and luggage loaded on the secure side. Security seals the doors. When arriving in Toronto you pass directly into the secure area if the seals are still in place. The seal doesn’t stop any doors from opening so their is no safety risk in the case of fire or an accident or whatever on the bus.
I believe some of the Landline buses in the US operate this way, where you do security at the remote airport and the bus is sealed with a sticker on the outside. It does however require constructing airside bus facilities on both ends, so I understand why Air Canada would start with a simpler process (security at YYZ) before spending millions of dollars on infrastructure. Now that the buses are more popular, and they keep adding YKF departures, I expect they're looking at the cost/benefit of expanding the infrastructure.
Personally, the YKF -> YYZ experience is already great, and doing security at YKF wouldn't really change anything for me. It's the YYZ -> YKF experience that I want improved. Waiting groundside at YYZ with your bags sucks, and I wish the bus departed from the D gates where there's things to do and lounges to wait in. I think they could build a D gate that's basically just a portal through the fence for passengers and bags to exit via, so it would have none of the security considerations and require no infrastructure on the YKF end.