Bear Down Wildcats

Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:21 pm I was flying from Vera Cruz to Mexico City and on to Mexicali a few years ago. My connection in Mex City was very tight. I told the stewardess and she said don't sweat it.

As I got off the plane in Mex City, there was a guy with a radio who took me down to and across the tarmac directly to my connecting gate. At the bottom of the stairs, he handed me off to another dude with a radio who walked me right up to the plane door. How many American airlines would do this?

Something similar happened to me on a flight from Melbourne to San Francisco. The Melbourne to Sydney flight was 4 hours late due to fog and we had to catch the bus from the domestic terminal to the international terminal in Sydney and run through security. They had everything all cleared for the 20 or so of us that were making this connection - special bus waiting, baggage transfer done magically (we usually have to collect it in Sydney and carry it with us to international - this time we just had to identify it and they verified it and took it away). They literally slammed the door and started backing out as soon as I got on the plane - before we had gotten to our seats. Pity I picked just that instant to realize I left my hat in the security scanning basket on the way through.

We were in the states for about a month, and my hat was in lost and found when we got back. They were literally going to throw it away the day before, but they decided that since I had a phone number in it I probably wanted it back. They phoned me like 2 minutes after I swapped out the SIM card on my phone in SFO - but I didn't answer. She set the hat aside, and hadn't got around to throwing it out when I showed up the next day.

Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:21 pm I was flying from Vera Cruz to Mexico City and on to Mexicali a few years ago. My connection in Mex City was very tight. I told the stewardess and she said don't sweat it.

As I got off the plane in Mex City, there was a guy with a radio who took me down to and across the tarmac directly to my connecting gate. At the bottom of the stairs, he handed me off to another dude with a radio who walked me right up to the plane door. How many American airlines would do this?

By comparison here is my experience with an American airline on the way to Cancun. We were flying from Tucson to Austin for a connecting flight on our way to Cancun, our plan got diverted to Brownsville for an hour due to severe weather in Austin and the entire time we were ensured by the crew we they would hold the flight. There were no less then 9 other on the same connecting flight. We were finally able to land in Austin 15 minutes before our flight which we are still being told we can make with out issue, we get out and see our gate is the next gate over, great luck right? Wrong! We run to the gate to get on and are told, sorry the gate is closed and they are not taking any more passengers as the plane sits there still at the gate with a handful of disgruntled passengers wondering why the hell they can't just open the damn doors.

Oh to be young again…

I'm going full LegallyKenny and upgrading to economy plus on all my flights. I'm a state employee, so it's coming out of my own miles or finances, but I'm done with all the serial masturbators. Find me at the front of the plane closer to the first class compartment. I'm the guy with the three extra inches of leg room. There will be no bearing my haughty looks.

When did that rule start?

azgreg wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 1:56 pm When did that rule start?

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 2:10 pm

azgreg wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 1:56 pm When did that rule start?

Let me get this straight: If I'm on a flight and I go to the lavatory and take a dump, except I fail to remember to actually make my way to the lavatory, is there anything that would "happen" if I just take a dump in seat 11F?

Looks fun. I think that’s in the Andes.

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 8:58 pm

Dr Phil how about that?

I thought everyone knew that flight attendants don't get paid until the cabin door is closed.

So can I get paid for all the research, teaching prep, and service I do from May 15 through August 14? Or do I have to keep working those three months for no pay?

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 3:03 pm I thought everyone knew that flight attendants don't get paid until the cabin door is closed.

I had no idea.

azgreg wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 4:04 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 3:03 pm I thought everyone knew that flight attendants don't get paid until the cabin door is closed.

I had no idea.

Don't say I never did anything for ya.

Sounds like something my asshole kid would do.

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 7:40 am

Speaking of, I once had the woman sitting on the other side of the aisle take off her shoes and start filing her foot calluses mid-flight.

Words were exchanged.

GlobalCat wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 9:48 am

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 7:40 am

Speaking of. Is taking a plane and home, I once had the woman sitting on the other side of the aisle take off her shoes and start filing her foot calluses mid-flight.

Words were exchanged.

Did those words include, "I want to breathe in the dead skin powder from your foot as much as you'd like to eat my chest hair omelette"?

I honestly believe we are less evolved apes.

Chicat wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 9:05 am I honestly believe we are less evolved apes.

The only difference between us and the orangutang is that when the airplane lavatories are occupied, the orangutang just shits in his seat.

Longhorned wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 9:15 am

Chicat wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 9:05 am I honestly believe we are less evolved apes.

The only difference between us and the orangutang is that when the airplane lavatories are occupied, the orangutang just shits in his seat.

But he happily wears his mask if asked, and he never punches the teeth out of a flight attendant's mouth.

Longhorned wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 9:15 am

Chicat wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 9:05 am I honestly believe we are less evolved apes.

The only difference between us and the orangutang is that when the airplane lavatories are occupied, the orangutang just shits in his seat.

A friend of mine is a flight attendant. Yesterday, she had a passenger "shit all over the front lav." She was the only FA on board with the stomach to clean it up (she's a parent, after all). Why did she have to clean it up and not just close it down, you ask? Because the pilot had to potty and he wouldn't go in the shat upon lav and he is not allowed to walk back through the aircraft in flight. I did not ask her for more details, but that is one rough type of other duties as assigned.

Not too surprisingly, she works for Spirit.

Charles de Gaulle airport is hot garbage.

Orly is about a billion times better.

Chicat wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 6:13 pm Orly is about a billion times better.

Hell yeah it is.

Her and her parents should be kicked off the plane midflight.

That looks like my grandson. He is super high energy and doesn't like being told what to do. He's usually not a brat though

These had a 53 year run. Most are used for freight now. End of an era

Southwest Airline with a major meltdown today stranding 1000’s of passengers across the country. Wasn’t weather related and seems to be computer driven. Reminder to self, short LUV tomorrow morning

This isn’t the first recent time this has happened w/ Southwest. In October of last year my Southwest flight from Atlanta was abruptly cancelled hours before takeoff. When I tried rebooking the soonest subsequent flight out was THREE DAYS later. I do not at all regret ponying up the $400 it take to book the last minute Delta flight for the same route. Southwest cancelled 1800 flights that weekend, blaming “staffing and weather.”

This time around, though, it looks like the Department of Transportation is taking notice:

I was supposed to fly to San Antonio today with my family for a few days

Not anymore… Southwest is a complete shot show and they are refusing to say / explain exactly what is going on

Alieberman wrote: ↑Tue Dec 27, 2022 7:16 am I was supposed to fly to San Antonio today with my family for a few days

Not anymore… Southwest is a complete shot show and they are refusing to say / explain exactly what is going on

Where in SA will you be hanging out?

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Tue Dec 27, 2022 10:04 am

Alieberman wrote: ↑Tue Dec 27, 2022 7:16 am I was supposed to fly to San Antonio today with my family for a few days

Not anymore… Southwest is a complete shot show and they are refusing to say / explain exactly what is going on

Where in SA will you be hanging out?

No where… now.

But we had a place right off of the river walk

We are just going to do it another time

Alieberman wrote: ↑Tue Dec 27, 2022 2:11 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Tue Dec 27, 2022 10:04 am

Alieberman wrote: ↑Tue Dec 27, 2022 7:16 am I was supposed to fly to San Antonio today with my family for a few days

Not anymore… Southwest is a complete shot show and they are refusing to say / explain exactly what is going on

Where in SA will you be hanging out?

No where… now.

But we had a place right off of the river walk

We are just going to do it another time

When plans get back online let me know if you want recommendations for restaurants and stuff. We lived in downtown SA for 5 years and loved it.

Almost bumped this thread to ask options on SW. I was supposed to fly from NOLA to DC Sunday. Flight was 4 hrs delayed to just randomly get canceled with 0 notification. Baggage claim was an absolute mess. Booked AA next day at 555 in the morning and my bag is stuck in NOLA somewhere. Was never a big fan of SW now I'm completely done. Really unacceptable how this situation has gone down.

My sister-in-law is flying Southwest tomorrow.

I really need her to leave.

Please miraculously figure your shit out.