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Sept. 11 changed everything ... about air travel
Five-year-old Frank Allocco is 37,000 feet above America, face pressed against the window. "Cool," he says to his 6-year-old sister. "Francesca, look." It's their first flight. They ignore a Harry . . . (flightaware.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
John, that is a great example of why airlines shouldn't be in a fare war to rock bottom pricing. Its a privilege. Pay what makes the planes profitable or stay home.... I would rather own a profitable airline with less frequency than one that focuses on market share. "new economics" is a great euphemism for bullsh*t.
To Ken Young
I agree with you entirely, but driving is'nt really an option to cross the Atlantic.
I agree with you entirely, but driving is'nt really an option to cross the Atlantic.
To John Hopkins:
Similar (and worse) stuff happened to me . . . often enough. Just see my comment above. I am not allowed to go into details further.
To Anthony Atkielski:
Cheaper? Really??? My boarding passes of the past tell me differently.
To Ken Young:
Even my son, a commercial pilot for a BIG carrier, has to take off his uniform hat and shoes when he wants to board "his" plane - only in America!
Similar (and worse) stuff happened to me . . . often enough. Just see my comment above. I am not allowed to go into details further.
To Anthony Atkielski:
Cheaper? Really??? My boarding passes of the past tell me differently.
To Ken Young:
Even my son, a commercial pilot for a BIG carrier, has to take off his uniform hat and shoes when he wants to board "his" plane - only in America!
TSA is out of control. The agents seem to make up their rules as they please.
A couple of years ago I flew to Des Moines from Manchester UK. At the first port of call in the USA (Philladelphia) we had, of course endure your immigration formalities after which we proceeded to check in for our ongoing flight to Chigago. As we were now located on the wrong side of security (land side) the TSA person vetting the hand luggage confiscated two bottles of Jamesons whiskey due to the restriction on liquids allowed on to a a plane, in spite of the bottles being in a duty free bag and a receipt for their puchase timed approxinately 9 hours before being produced. No problem I thought...give me a receipt and I'll collect them on the way back...no...'we'll be disposing of these immediately'...I bet! What is worse though is that the lady concerned advised us that we should have placed the bottles in our hold luggage while we (briefly) had pssession of it. What is better...two bottles of whisky openly carried with authenticated documentation as to their origin and nature, or to have two bottles of unknown source in the hold of the plane? Security ??
Jason. Spot on. Back in the day, air travel was in the price range of the well to do.
Now with the way air travel is structured, passengers are crammed onto flying cattle cars.
Aircraft are turned around 30 minutes after the passengers on the previous flight have disembarked and their luggage cleared.
Run them off .Stuff the new ones in there.
At the end of each day, planes are dirty and smelly. That last flight of the day sucks.