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Qantas, Virgin Australia ban 'Knee Defender'
Qantas and Virgin Australia have banned the controversial Knee Defender dongle which prevents economy seats from reclining. (www.ausbt.com.au) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Time for a passenger "Bill of Rights" to stop the airlines configuring < 34" pitch in economy
I can see a lawyer arguing that he paid for a seat that reclines.
Therefore the device should be removed.
But I'll be happy to get moved to first class instead.
Therefore the device should be removed.
But I'll be happy to get moved to first class instead.
It is so sad that "we" are focusing on our fellow travelers, who are ALL suffering on the trip. Too small seats, cramped quarters, alleged food for purchase, not enough circulated air, no real alternatives for entertaining, extra chargers just for normal amounts of luggage, delayed flights(often canceled) due to whatever lies the airlines make up. not to mention the short staffed crews who are responsible for trying to keep all of us calm in such stressful travel!
Why don't we turn our anger towards the real problem, the Airline industry! They cram more and more people together for more profits, and somehow expect the flights to go smoothly? I am amazed at just how few people really do go postal, given all of these problems with airline travel. They have laws about space, treatment and conditions for livestock, why not air line travelers?
Why don't we turn our anger towards the real problem, the Airline industry! They cram more and more people together for more profits, and somehow expect the flights to go smoothly? I am amazed at just how few people really do go postal, given all of these problems with airline travel. They have laws about space, treatment and conditions for livestock, why not air line travelers?
I agree. I have a friend (in his late 50s)that had to fly from Ont. CA. To So. Carolina (via Huston) for a family function. First time in his life he has ever flown. I asked him what he thought of it and he said never again. He said he would walk across the country rather than fly again. This was on American Airlines but that makes no difference.
And the airlines can't figure out why their sales are down?
And the airlines can't figure out why their sales are down?
You're only getting what you wanted to pay for. People want to fly from NY to LA for $99. Jet-A is between $5-$6/gal. and airplanes are hideously expensive. They're also more powerful and can carry more weight. So this is what you get: Low fares, fast transportation, crammed in like sardines. They're a business. They have to make money on each flight, on each passenger. This is the way the public has asked them to do it. Quit whining.
I'm just talking about a gentleman who had never flown before and he said he never will fly again. Not the best way to gain customers.
Kurt, I was actually replying to Deborah, but I see my response was posted below yours. I'm sorry about your friend's experience, but what I said still applies. Airplanes are very powerful these days and can carry enormous weight. People have "voted with their wallets" as some like to say, and shown they will only buy tickets from whoever is the lowest price on any given day. In order to get those lower fares, more people have to be carried on each flight. If regulation returned [and I'm not a fan of that], seat size and spacing would be set by the government, and fares would return to the level where only the relatively rich could afford to fly. We just can't have it both ways.