Man, It Has Really Not Been American Airlines’ Month
The stock’s in the tank, the new baggage pricing policy went over like an, ah, belch in church, and now this. All 132 passengers and crew were okay and the plane landed safely, but still. Not what AA needed.
(Me? I’m thanking my personal savior Pizzus that my father-in-law, Cappy, no longer lives in Fort Myers. Not because it’s not a good place to visit; it is. But my wife is terrified of flying and there is little to no chance I would have ever got her on that flight again. At the very least, I would have spent the entire duration monitoring the windows so I could give her a status report she would have completely ignored thanks to a combination of paranoia and prescription drugs.)
10 Comments to “Man, It Has Really Not Been American Airlines’ Month”
Home |
Masthead |
News from D |
About Us |
Contact Us |
Subscribe |
Advertise |
Privacy Policy |
Customer Service |
Awards | Archives | Reprints | Custom Publishing | Jobs | Advertiser's Index
Awards | Archives | Reprints | Custom Publishing | Jobs | Advertiser's Index
OMG. Why do you post these things?
I’m a Lexapro man myself.
I have a friend who can’t get on a plane without at least one Xanax – and he’s supposed to be one of those manly man types.
Could this have anything to do with the fact that most of American’s planes first crossed the Atlantic in about Lindbergh’s time?
Let me see if I got this straight – AA says the passengers weren’t in any real danger anc could’ve completed their flight, because they didn’t really need that second engine….you know the engine the engineers say the plane needed. They also said the windows are comprised of 3 panes of glass and with the outside pane now gone, the passengers weren’t in any real danger at 35k feet of any type of pressure leakage/explosion. I guess it’s just an extra pane of glass some engineer decided would look good on the blueprint, huh?
If all that is true, then quit fueling that unnecessary piece of equipment and cut the baggage fees!!! Look at all the money that could be saved in manufacturing, installation, and weight loss by not installing that second engine and third pane of glass. The elimination of the engine alone would allow me 2 carry-ons.
Uh, Backer…
There is a concept all those engineers you keep referencing rely upon when designing something like an airplane: redundancy
Redundancy – two engines, when one will do. This keeps the plane from falling out of the sky should one engine fail. Three panes of glass instead of 1. Same idea as with the engines…
Baggage fees, well, please don’t blame engineers for poor business decisions.
I started flying American when my Dad, who was an Admirals Club member and complete AA devotee, purchased my twice-yearly tickets to come see him in Miami starting when I was 13. I have remained an AA (although admittedly Southwest for inter-state flights) customer for 23 years. I travel at least 9 times per year, and while that doesn’t make me an AAdvantage Platinum member, it’s still frequent flier status.
With that in mind, the day that the baggage fees were announced I signed up for Delta skymiles, and my business trip to NYC in November that I booked mere days before the announcement will be the only time AA gets my baggage fees. I’m done. Most of my travel is to Atlanta, so why not go Delta at this point?
Amy, if you booked the flight before they announced the charges, you won’t have to pay the fees. Also, you just have to reach Aadvantage Gold status to have the fees waived.
Smarter Bear – reread my post. I’m slammin’ AA, not the engineers.
It’s just not getting better judging from this ad:
http://travel.booklocker.com/2008/06/04/best-airline-ad-ever/