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Here's Why You Don't Fly Cross-Country on Standby Tickets With Kids During the Summer When You're Broke
The Saxton family was stranded at Salt Lake City International Airport for six days, but it wasn't anyone's fault but their own. (www.nycaviation.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Guarantee the Jet Blue employee whose passes these were won't have to worry about this problem again. That is if he even has a job.
Agreed.... When you give somebody a Buddy Pass, you take responsibility for them, and should give them the rules.
I feel no sympathy for the parents, they just made themselves look stupid. I do feel sorry for the kids having such stupid parents. There is a reason stupid people have no money, or resources for a back up. I quite giving buddy passes to friends years ago because no matter how you tried explaining things to them, they usually are the first to complain and put your job in jepordy if they get bumped. I bet these guys showed up at 8-10 in the morning, expecting to get out on a day time flight. These types of folks also wait until Sunday night to try and get home, where they have to be at work the next day. Congress did us industry folks a good thing when they made buddy passes taxable income when used. Gave me a good excuse to quite giving these out. I usually just said, hand over several hundred bucks to me to pay income taxes on the value of those tickets, which usually solicited a response like "well, if I give you a few hundred bucks, I'd be better off purchasing my own ticket" Yeup....now you get it!
These people are IDIOTS. I Fly Standby all the time and have been doing this for over 28 years and have never gotten stuck over night. The key is doing planing in advance... DOH... Something these people did not think about... These people flying standby... that is exactly what you get. Whey you are on a Buddy Pass, you are just about to the Bottom Of The List.
You can never be too prepared. I personally wouldn't have gone if the loads were booked through the roof...
As it says on an KDFW Employee Store tee shirt for sale, "Marry me and fly (free) standby"
where free is crossed off and standby is written in.
where free is crossed off and standby is written in.