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Revenue-hungry airline to charge for aisle seats
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| 03/14/06
| Kyle Peterson
Posted on 03/14/2006 2:04:00 PM PST by MikeA
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This is ludicrious. What next, charge for use of the bathrooms? On the other hand, if they charged annoying strangers for speaking to you, then I could get behind that one.
Can we please just get an executive order to drill ANWR, drill off-shore and to take off the clean burning fuel mandates on petroleum that is AGAIN driving gas prices through the roof? These oil prices are causing problems across the board and it's time to take affirmative steps to stop it. "We're addicted to oil" just doesn't cut it. I thought the president removed these fuel mandates last year after Katrina when pump prices shot up. Why the hell were they put back in place?
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:04:02 PM PST
by
MikeA
To: MikeA
Agree on ANWR, but I disagree on everything else. It's about time the airlines actually tried to make money, instead of conserving their quaint but inefficient business models that rely on government subsidies at teh slightest hint of a financial problem. Why is it that Southwest and Jet Blue make money, but these guys can't?
To: MikeA
I think its reasonable to charge extra for amenities. Most people can save by packing their own sandwiches and drinks and if they want to save more money, they can elect to skip the aisle seats.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:06:46 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: MikeA
On some airlines I'd gladly pay extra for a parachute.
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:07:10 PM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Bend over and think of England.)
To: MikeA
This is ludicrious. What next, charge for use of the bathrooms?What? You don't remember pay toilets?
To: MikeA
Some might pay extra to sit next to that hot chick.
Or to be moved away from the Jehovah's Witness.
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:07:49 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: The Old Hoosier
No union and newer planes
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:09:39 PM PST
by
misterrob
(Islam is a hate crime)
To: billorites
Where do you go when the JW's have taken up all the middle seats ?
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:10:21 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Do you still have sex or are you already playing golf?)
To: MikeA
Airlines should invest in nuclear-powered engines. If battleships use them, why can't airlines?
To: goldstategop
I think its reasonable to charge extra for amenities.I can see it now. Coin operated drop-down oxygen masks, for when the cabin depressurizes. They can work a deal with the US Mint, and have the slots only accept $1.00 Sad Sack coins.
There is a future for you in marketing, my FRiend.
To: goldstategop
The aisle seat is not an "Amenity". Its a seat. Since when are seats fancy-shmancy amenities? Its like saying I didnt pay for any of the rest of the ticket.
Just raise the ticket price, why dont you, if youre having such problems making ends meet.
And as for ANWR... I think this whole price raise thing as far as oil is concerned is a big scam.. a few years will tell us the truth, and we'll know. Somebodys playing the system for all its worth...
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:13:58 PM PST
by
ketelone
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Or what about a giant hydrogen fuelled aircraft.. oh wait.. theyve already tried that.. didnt work out so well, did it?
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:15:08 PM PST
by
ketelone
To: surely_you_jest
If you can think of a way to run an airline for free do that. No one forces you to fly though.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:15:43 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
If you can think of a way to run an airline for free do that. No one forces you to fly though. I am a military retiree. If I can't get an AF "hop", I make other arrangements.
To: The Old Hoosier
JetBlue didn't make money last quarter. Southwest is making money because they hedged fuel costs. Those hedges are becoming more costly.
Neither Southwest nor JetBlue are full network carriers. They cherrypick flying the most profitable routes, and generally avoid flying to small cities or more congested airports. You can't fly Southwest from New York City (Islip is too far out for most of us) or Fargo. And you can't fly JetBlue from JFK to the more congested San Francisco or LAX.
Northwest's move will backfire unless other airlines match. Their coach product is already one of the worst of the 6 major network carriers. This makes it even worse.
To: goldstategop
Seats are so small on airlines that aisle seats are needed for persons as tall as me (6'5"). If the seats weren't so small it would not be an issue. A seat designed for someone larger than a small Asian woman should not be classified as an amenity.
I might pay extra for exit row seats, though.
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:24:39 PM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
(Meadows Place, TX-"Tom DeLay Country")
To: ketelone
Its a seat. Since when are seats fancy-shmancy amenities? From someone who obviously has never flown First Class.
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:27:34 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: MikeA
Bankrupt Northwest this week unveiled a program called Coach Choice in which the carrier will save some preferred coach seating on the aisle or emergency-exit rows until check-in. Passengers can pay $15 per flight to sit in those seats, which may offer more room. Then you can charge your row mates a toll every time they want to use the bathroom.On long flights you can really clean up.
To: goldstategop
they can elect to skip the aisle seats.
But then what happens when the window and middle seats are full? Then you're screwed.
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:29:54 PM PST
by
MikeA
(Rigged polls are what the news media uses to measure impact of their falsified anti-Bush reporting)
To: MikeA
I wonder if they would give you some cash back if you agreed to sit in the middle seat?
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posted on
03/14/2006 2:33:13 PM PST
by
rawhide
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