Libertarian ping! To be added or removed freepmail me or post a message here. Customers to Airline CEOs: Drop dead. You treat as like cattle, don’t expect us to guard the herd too.
US Airways cuts all movies from their domestic flights:
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2008/07/08/20080708biz-talker0709-ON.html
US Airways and United want 15 bucks for a checked bag, and US Airways wants 2 bucks for each in-flight soda:
http://www.worldhum.com/weblog/item/the_long_descent_us_airways_to_charge_2_for_soft_drinks_20080613/
Passengers may soon pay airfare depending on how much they weigh:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aNsp.l2CJ1jk
Maybe Maxine Waters will run your company for you since you are unable to do so without nanny government interfering with markets .
There are only two ways out of this mess.
1) CLOSE THE ENRON LOOPHOLE
2) Allow drilling on ANWAR, in the midwest, and off shore drilling.
Long-term:
Coal and nuclear power augmented by solar and wind power.
Airlines are some of the biggest speculators. Southwest’s oil price hedging is speculation.
I never realized corporate America was so stupid.
How are those new electric planes coming? Windmill powered? Atomic catapult?
HEY!!!!
United and American Airlines...DROP DEAD.
You both bumped me from flights (in the US) after traveling all the way back from the Middle East.
Go to hell.
When I protested I was threatened with “missing” the next available flight by an indifferent staff.
I hope both of your airlines tank.
Since the Alaska pipeline is running at half capacity today, drilling ANWR will add enough oil to fill it up.
Drill here, drill now, pay less, even airline CEOs will pay less. Waht’s so hard to understand about that?
I recommend you hire a team comprised of retired employees of Aeroflot from the Brezhnev era, and task them with improving your customer service.
Once we have brought service levels up to, say, 1974 Soviet standards, I expect that the flying public will be so much happier that you will get a good deal of public support for your proposed bailout.
Sincerely (g) Notary Sojac
Libertarian ping! To be added or removed freepmail me or post a message here. Worst thing happen to me. I was to go to PHoenix for job training. [I live in Herndon(Where Dulles is) near Washington D.C.) The flight was overbooked and my bags WENT ON THE PLANE TO PHX. To make things worst they had to reschedule my training for 2 weeks now. So now I won’t be starting my new job until JULY 21st. To make things even more insulting them DumF%^K at USAirways sent one of my bags to Reagan National. But the good thing is the Company (that hired me) will send me to Charllote, NC. But this time I will drive. I hate to say this but our airline service is horrible it is not even funny. I just wan’t good service again. Raise the fares if you have to (I.E. no bag fees or drink fees etc). I just want good service.
Not all the airlines are doing poorly.
Just the stupid poorly managed ones with bloated management ranks and overpaid union members with ridiculous contracts.
No different from Detroit.