this is one more reason business travelers will shun southwest. i'm <acronym title="Air Europe Italy">PE</acronym> on <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym>. that means i don't need to worry about a G-D thing. just get to my gate, i know i'm first, i know my group will be small, and i k...
Jump to postyou are witnessing in philadelphia the results of a completely destroyed public school system, coupled with the utter decay of our cities. you want to fire these rampers? who are you going to hire? people twice as bad, i suppose. seriously...
Jump to posta lot of companies have a "customers first" mentality. and there's some reason for them to think that this is the best way to go about things. but the reality is that if you have an "employees first" mentality, they will in turn treat the customers very well. after all, bad customer service usually ...
Jump to posthere's a quote i find interesting from the article: Congress (are you listening Henry Waxman and Jim Oberstar?) needs to call the FAA in for some grilling about why it has permitted major American airports to become clogged beyond capacity. And the Department of Homeland Security should be told to d...
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Jump to postthey are doing major buy-outs at <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym>. this was announced in the local media in the last day or so. gee... who'da thunk that their model would eventually run out of steam? i never saw it coming...
Jump to posti would argue that carrying bags onto a flight actually costs everyone time. we have all been on flights where idiot passengers are trying to stuff their roll-aboards in places they do not fit, causing a long wait for the boarding process. since there are usually more than a dozen or so idiots per f...
Jump to posti side with the <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym> to a certain extent, only because i see so many instances of parents who do absolutely nothing to control or restrain their children. i understand that you can't gag a kid. but you can make very serious and stern gestures towards th...
Jump to postreligious insanity is the number one problem facing the world. i applaud the workers who decided to call this guy out and kick him out. to think that god will smite you if you don't pray 5 times every day is just plain crazy. and i don't want this to sound racist... there are plenty of crazy "tradit...
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Jump to posthonestly, it's only a matter of time until one of these situations turns into a riot, or a passenger pulling the emergency exit handle. i know i would be tempted. you simply cannot "imprison" a hundred people and expect it to go smoothly. the airlines need to come up with a way to get people back to...
Jump to postthe "portfolio" is interesting to me.
they can get my business by adding wifi and electrical outlets, assigned seating, and code sharing with international airlines that allow me to use my FF points to fly internationally.
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Jump to postmy opinion: surrender the 737/A380 battle to airbus. there's no reason to do anything other than incremental upgrades of that plane. move up-market and make the very best widebodies in the world. this is where the money is, as well as the prestige. if boeing can stymie the A350, kill the A330/40 wit...
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Jump to postif any execs are reading this: <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> -- move to assigned seating. your current system is a dehumanizing joke. US -- fix your baggage system. <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> -- how about an email or a text messaging system for cance...
Jump to postcould you imagine getting your bags after a 1,000 person flight? at least 1,000 if not more bags would be coming off the belt. you would be at that belt for at least an hour. and if your bag happens to be one of the last to get unloaded, you can expect up to two hours standing at the belt.
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Jump to posti wonder what would have happened to this guy if one of US's classic liveries showed up. it might have triggered flashbacks to the korean war.
"Piedmont?!?!?"
that is a tremendous article. thanks very much for posting. the writing and imagery were amazing. salon always gets good writers.
now i can't complain when i have a three hour lay-over at CLE!
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Jump to postwasn't <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> very critical of the 773 because of its supposed impact on runways being worse than the A380, something to do with how the weight is distributed over the landing gear? and if <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> is buying 777s to replace 747s, does...
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Jump to posttheir "seattle/vancouver" option is just plain crazy. it's close to neither. and it's in the middle of nowhere. i can understand burbank... maybe a lot of people actually need to go to burbank. but BELLINGHAM??? that is just insane! and with the traffic being terrible pretty much from everett down t...
Jump to postmy theory on this is that you should have to stand on the scales with your bag and your total weight is what you pay, just like cargo. if someone weighs 120 pounds and is only bringing on a purse, they should get some sort of bonus or incentive. and fat people should be penalized, as should people w...
Jump to postthe runway is being extended into simpson bay. however, the maho beach side will be affected in that landings and takeoffs won't occur as closely to the famous maho fence as they once did once the runway is extended.
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Jump to post21 days to paint this beast? my lord. that better get whittled down as they start to churn them off the assembly line.
Jump to postwhenever i am flying anywhere, i make sure to dress in a banana-yellow auto-racing jumpsuit with white stripes down the sleeves and pant legs. i also wear a matching helmet. that way i am perfectly prepared for the possibility of an evacuation.
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Jump to postI'm just thinking here... I don't think I've ever seen one. They seem to be very much under-represented. We know many of the socio-economic reasons why African-Americans are under-represented across the employment spectrum, but is the problem especially bad in the airline industry? Thoughts please.
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Jump to postI have checked in at 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 57 seconds before my flight and gotten a B group ticket. The "board first" website is killing normal boarders. Anyway, I have done what defenders of <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> have been asking me to do for years since I start...
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Jump to postI experienced my first lightning strike as a passenger last night while landing at <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym>. It was pretty amazing. I was sitting right over the wing in our 757 and was looking out the window at a ...
Jump to postjust a question, but WHY THE HELL IS PAULA ABDUL FLYING SOUTHWEST AIRLINES????
holy crap.
what did she expect? is she that stupid?
i think i answered my own question.
just yesterday i realized how important a little snack box could be. i was flying <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> from <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> to <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International...
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Jump to postmy biggest concern is on airplane spacing during low visibility days. it seems crazy to me that low clouds can cause hours of circling at the major east coast airports.
will we ever see a day when jets land with separations of a quarter or a half mile? what can be done to fix the airspace crunch?