Every bar owner knows you put the pretzels out there because they make people thirsty. Give away the pretzels, sell the drinks. It's a simple concept that even an airline executive could understand. But noooooooooo... |
You have to pay a buck for the key to the bathroom.
There's a service charge for ringing the call bell.
The pilot passes around a hat for the fuel to get to the runway.
There will be a deposit on the plastic water bottles.
You'll receive an electric bill after the flight for the reading light.
You have to pay 5 bucks to raise your window shade and look at the scenery.
Remember that SNL skit where Will Ferrill was an airline pilot who took a bat to the passengers?
And as thing go right now, NW is actually one of the carriers that's better off.
Those little bags of pretzels probably cost 30 cents each. I've been angry ever since they stopped giving peanuts to appease the allergy nazis.
What about 10 cents per sheet of toilet paper?
That same 3-ounce bag of trail mix would cost $6 on Amtrak.
Every bar owner knows you put the pretzels out there because they make people thirsty. Give away the pretzels, sell the drinks. It's a simple concept that even an airline executive could understand. But noooooooooo... |
What, are they afraid someone is going to sharpen a pretzel and hijack the plane?
Seats INSIDE the plane will be require an extra charge.
You may be right, there! It would be like the bank commercials where they charge for everything, you bring in a $50.00 check to deposit and you end up owing THEM money!
I fly Alaska Air from CA to WA, and they have had really wierd offerings for food The worst was humus and some kind of funky chips to dip. I'd never tasted humus before, didn't even know what it was, but it was pretthy awful tasting to me.
Flying home this last time, we actually had peanuts. I had thought the airlines discontinued the peanuts because so many people are allergic to them.
You have to pay a buck for the key to the bathroom.
Fine with me if they can make those stinkin' things a bit larger and have someone clean them routinely during flight.
What's flying coming to!
Since when was it ever the airlines responsibility to feed everyone anyway! Get yoru own food. Hell, it's not as if most people couldn't stand to gain, or lose, a little something by not eating for a few hours.
Taking away the in flight entertainment would be FAR more egregious.
...and floatation cushions...
Why doesn't some enterprising concourse shop specialize in selling "meals you can take aboard the plane." Selling it for maybe half of what the airlines do, or the same price but twice as much food, or twice as good. Hot foods would be a challenge, but cold foods would be easy to maintain (by including an ice packet in the box).
Nixing Pretzels is Pretty Nuts!
You'd have to pay me ( a lot) to get on a Northwest plane.
That being said, why don't charge 25cents a bag instead of nixing them altogether?
btw - why don't keyboards have the 'cents' sign? I find that annoying.
Can anybody tell me what the difference is between airlines anymore?
I honestly don't see why I should choose one over the other besides fare and destination.
Actually, the only one that stands out is Hooters Air.
Not a big deal. Just plan ahead and bring your own food. Last flight I took I brought a Cobb Salad and a bottle of cranberry juice. I will be flying in a couple of weeks and will bring my juice, water, trail mix and DVD player. When I land I will go to PF Changs.
The key is to plan ahead.
American West is charging $5 now for the headset so you can watch whatever lousy movie they're playing. No thanks.
Dang - that's a lot of pretzels.
No, it won't - that's static analysis, just like Big Stupid Government uses.
It will lose them tens of millions of dollars in business due to poor customer goodwill as a results of being cheapasses with the pretzels. People will be pissed when they hear this one; I'd hate to be a stewardess trying to explain why I want to collect money for pretzels.
Stupid and shortsighted. Does Big Stupid Government run this airline?
See, this is why these guys are going out of business. They are stupid.