United Airlines has man assaulted and dragged off plane

Never has flying been so popular, so miserable, and apparently so unprofitable.

 

Seems like it's been all those things for a long while.

 

I was flying Atlanta to Saigon for years... Delta pissed me off so bad, I fired them and started flying Korean Air... And I had made platinum several years in a row.

Took a break from traveling and now back to about one domestic trip a month... Because I'm in Atlanta, I've hired them back... So far, they haven't ticked me off.

 

Any airline that has Alaskan Amber is good for me

 

It is bizzare they can't pull a profit given the fact I honestly can't remember the last time I was on a flight that wasn't completely full.

 

Like a lot of things with that company, the reasons were confusing and never made clear to the average peon. My understanding was it had something to do with spending money locally so that tax dollars stayed locally. A generous incentive package was provided to help lure them to the area, so this may have been some way of paying them back or fulfilling some agreement that was unpublicized.

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I'm sure a lot of the flights to smaller markets aren't full. I've been on a few where almost everyone had an entire row.

 

Yeah I've pretty much never been on one than wasn't completely full either

 

Airlines make more money selling miles than seats.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-31/airlines-make-more-money-selling-miles-than-seats

 

I know the seats filled rate has gone from the 70s to the 90s

 

I haven't seen an empty seat in years. I am usually flying between hubs though

 

Flying is more miserable than ever. I read that the widest economy class seats of today are narrower than the narrowest from 20 years ago. Being in one for more than four hours is pretty intolerable. We are heavier now too. All this and the stewardesses are still the same baby boomers that got hired in for their looks in 1975.

 

I try to only fly Southwest, they've been as good as you can ask for.

 

http://southpark.cc.com/clips/153064/its-better-than-flying

 

The email that United CEO sent to employees has been leaked. It's much worse than the non-apology apology sent out for public consumption.

Tone deaf comes to mind. Good chance this CEO will suddenly invoke his golden parachute retirement plan soon.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...cident-dragging-passenger-staff-a7677721.html

 

Lufthansa is the gold standard as far as I'm concerned. (Though I've never ridden Singapore Air, which I've heard is world class).

 

Not real but funny...

 

Oh... Snap