Posted on 05/27/2005 8:15:03 PM PDT by Arkie2
Won't be a big deal for me if they start charging for every conceiveable thing in the cabin. My carry on luggage is a lunch box.
About two years ago I was seated on a flight next to a woman who had been a stewardess in the 1960's. She told me that people used to dress up to fly on airplanes and that she would serve them multi-course meals. Looking down at the cardboard boxes we had been handed at mealtime, she commented: "It's a sad world we live in."
You'll love this one! You have to pay to talk to a human on the phone at US Air! You have to pay upfront with a credit card!
I keep my bottled water in my carry-on bag, and they've never taken it out and made me take a drink of it. I haven't been singled out for "special attention" lately, although I have been a few times. I'm a tall, redheaded woman, and don't look much like a terrorist, either.
"These pretzles are making me THIRSTY " - Elaine
Well, it sounds like her bag is seeing the country and having a lovely time.
Once in a blue moon a school child cannot tolerate peanuts. Well you'd think that's ok, just have a rule that the child cannot get peanuts. Except that now, nobody else in the school can either, less the child sneak a verboten snack or be kissed by a schoolroom sweetheart with peanut breath. Lawsuits are why.
I'm not sure what the exact figure is, but it's a small minority. But, it always seems the guy sitting next to you has some excuse to make your life just a little more miserable. People who make a going concern to bitch and moan on a daily basis should pay double.
Yeah, I've had some funny SW attendants, too. Stuff like:
"If we are flying over water, don't worry. This plane is designed to land on water - once."
"Please don't complain while in flight or we will have to ask you to leave the plane."
I remember when traveling by air was something special, and even in coach class, you got meals that were really quite good, served on nifty plastic plates, but you got real metal silverware, and even these cool plastic salt and pepper shakers that you could take home as souvineers.
Once, when I was about 8 years old, they overbooked my flight from KC to NY, and they had to put me in First Class (I flew alone between my parents once a year since I was about 6). I was amazed at the service! There was a choice for dinner, steak or lasagne (I chose lasagne) and while I didn't get any of the free wine, they did keep me occupied with sodas! The food was delicious, and it was served on real china, and the drinks were served in real glasses.
I also remember that "real" meals were served when the flight would extend past a normal meal time, and they timed the meals to corespond to what you would normally eat. I once took a very early flight (I think it left at 6:30am, and they served a very nice breakfast of eggs, sausage, and pancakes.
Back then, they really catered to the businessman, and used meals to try to make the time spend on the plane a bit more pleasant. Those days are long gone.
Yeah, I hear ya. But times have changed and everyone wants to fly for free. Not sure how old you are, but I seem to remember flights, when I was 8, back in the 70s, being as expensive as they are today meaning around the same bucks yet not in year-dollar equivalencies. Frankly, I have no idea how most airlines stay in business given the more than reasonable fares these days.
Besides, you can still get all that stuff if you pay for first or business class for the most part. Not sure about taking the salt and pepper shakers home with ya, but the rest is similar.
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.
Well, as "budget airlines" go, I like Southwest, simply because I've yet to see a surley worker at a Southwest gate or on a plane. However, my favorite airline is, without a doubt, Midwest Airlines (used to be Midwest Express). Basicly, the entire plane is "business class" and very comfortable. And the flight attendants are very nice and friendly.
Mark
McDonald's is the last place I would go for a salad. The only thing McDonald's has going for it is the french fries. Everything else sucks.
What if Mr. Islamofruitcake had a bomb in his underwear, jockstrap or bomb-O-condom?
You obviously haven't seen those x-ray machines that can see through your clothes! The announcement was made last week that the TSA will begin implementing them soon. One more joy of flying!
I just hope no one starts to come down with deadly allergies to fries, burgers, steak, chocolate, milkshakes, ice cream, cake, beer, etc. Some 4$$hole is probably working on that right now.
Well, the packaging is as tacky as anything else McD, but the greens, topping, and dressing are OK.
SWA still manages to make a profit, even thought they hand out free pretzels like peanuts. You don't suppose the other airlines' eat $hit policy of customer service has anything to do with their financial problems, do you?
But this much I know, if an American Airline thinks that by nixing pretzels on flights they will save themselves from self imposed 'strangulation by union' -- they are in for a VERY rude awakening.
That reminds me of another one...
"Your seat cushions can be used as flotation devices, but since we're going to be flying over farmland, it would have been better if they'd been designed to bounce off of corn fields!"
Mark
Maybe instead of dropping pretzels, they could make their ticket prices 10 times that of their competitors. That might work. Just think all the money they would make then! And if that doesn't work, they could make it 25 times as high.
Hummus is ground-up chick peas or garbonzos with some flavoring to it. Peanut butter by any other name.
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