Anyone know jack shit about the airline industry?

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Wed Jan 11, 2023 6:31 am

Wow, nationwide flights temporarily grounded?!?!

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Feb 13, 2023 9:10 am

My daughter who was in Hawaii at the time told me about this

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:48 am

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:32 am

SW better have its shit together before I go to Maine for my wedding in September

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed May 03, 2023 6:12 pm

Get a hero's welcome back home in Texas I imagine.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Wed May 03, 2023 6:59 pm

Salient point here: Texas man

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Thu May 04, 2023 6:20 am

Qantas has a new and they are going down the same route as Southwest.

They've turned away from experienced Airline executives and gone with first, a banker (who presided over the worst customer satisfaction and on time statistics ever) and now with an accountant as CEO.

Bean counter mentality is what sent Southwest down the gurgler.

Impressed I am not.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri May 12, 2023 5:55 pm

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Fri May 12, 2023 8:28 pm

azgreg wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 5:55 pm

Looks like an additional 10-12 gates over now. Tucson really does need more flights

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:40 pm

Can't remember the last time I had a Southwest flight that wasn't delayed.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon May 22, 2023 1:21 pm

San Diego's airport sucks

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon May 22, 2023 7:25 pm

You'll forget all about it once you wander over to India Street for dinner.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue May 23, 2023 8:19 am

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 7:25 pm You'll forget all about it once you wander over to India Street for dinner.

We had a great time in Gaslight Square. Speakeasy's are fun if not a bit pricey.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Tue May 23, 2023 9:34 am

azgreg wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 8:19 am
dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 7:25 pm You'll forget all about it once you wander over to India Street for dinner.
We had a great time in Gaslight Square. Speakeasy's are fun if not a bit pricey.

Gaslight district is fun and campy. It reminds me of places in Austin and San Antonio's Alamo district: just seedy enough to get the weirdness flowing, but sophisticated enough to provide culinary options if you're in the mood for them.

We noticed elevated prices and more homeless, but that's city-normal these days.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed May 24, 2023 12:44 pm

azgreg wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 8:40 pm Can't remember the last time I had a Southwest flight that wasn't delayed.

Were they on it?

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Thu May 25, 2023 11:43 am

azgreg wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 1:21 pm San Diego's airport sucks

Assuming you used one of the two Southwest terminals? Those are terribly cramped, but the main terminal where the non-discount/international carries embark is quite nice.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Jul 02, 2023 8:26 am

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sun Jul 02, 2023 8:42 am

Raise your hand if you've been called out by a FA. I can't imagine what would make me do something to piss off a gatekeeper empowered by the Federal regs that attend domestic air travel. I'm an asshole but I'm not entitled, so I know when I'm outgunned. Karens are everywhere these days. Leave 'em the fuck alone.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 9:37 am

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 9:46 am

............. all those years I spent thinking I wasn't normal.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Jul 15, 2023 1:08 pm

Never tried this. Have any of y'all?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/w ... bb81&ei=64

What is skiplagging? Everything about the controversial air travel hack airlines hate

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Jul 15, 2023 1:29 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 1:08 pm Never tried this. Have any of y'all?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/w ... bb81&ei=64

What is skiplagging? Everything about the controversial air travel hack airlines hate

Yep, we used it once and saved like $100. We used this website: https://skiplagged.com/

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Jul 15, 2023 2:09 pm

84Cat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 1:29 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 1:08 pm Never tried this. Have any of y'all?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/w ... bb81&ei=64

What is skiplagging? Everything about the controversial air travel hack airlines hate
Yep, we used it once and saved like $100. We used this website: https://skiplagged.com/

WHY DO YOU HATE CAPITALISM!?

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:27 pm

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:18 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 2:15 pm

Alaska Airlines agrees to buy Hawaiian Airlines in $1.9 billion deal

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/03/alaska- ... -deal.html

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:24 am

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Jan 01, 2024 6:39 pm

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jan 01, 2024 7:10 pm

Plane travel from Florida is as iffy as bus travel from Texas.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Jan 01, 2024 7:12 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 7:10 pm Plane travel from Florida is as iffy as bus travel from Texas.

When I was like 10 or 12 I visited my sister in Palestine TX for a couple of weeks. I went via Trailways with a 3 hour layover in Dallas.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jan 01, 2024 7:15 pm

azgreg wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 7:12 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 7:10 pm Plane travel from Florida is as iffy as bus travel from Texas.
When I was like 10 or 12 I visited my sister in Palestine TX for a couple of weeks. I went via Trailways with a 3 hour layover in Dallas.

That was back in the day. They didn't send you to New York or New Jersey.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:31 pm

The aircraft involved was a brand new 737 Max 9 delivered to the airline at the end of October.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:18 am

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:18 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:35 pm

At least it was before departure.

gouacats · Post by **gouacats** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:05 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:35 pm At least it was before departure.

Yeah...I don't know if I would call that "horrific"... more like really dumb.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:06 pm

gouacats wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:05 pm more like really dumb.

I did smirk a bit, almost giggled, and feel kind of bad about it now.

Meanwhile, more fun in Canada:

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:46 am

‘This Has Been Going on for Years.’ Inside Boeing’s Manufacturing Mess.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/compani ... r-AA1mTSG0

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:12 pm

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:29 pm

The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary report into last month's Alaska Airlines door plug blowout, saying evidence shows that four bolts were missing from the apparatus at the time of the incident.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/a ... 496961007/

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:29 pm

Don't get too close to any upper story windows.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Apr 05, 2024 3:05 pm

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Mon May 06, 2024 10:29 pm

Qantas to pay $120m for allegedly selling tickets to flights that had already been cancelled

Qantas will fork out $100m as a civil penalty and pay $20m to customers in compensation, after striking a deal with the consumer watchdog over landmark legal action for allegedly selling tens of thousands of tickets to flights that had already been cancelled in its system.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue May 21, 2024 10:32 am

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Wed May 22, 2024 10:50 am

Oops

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:25 am

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:46 am

Whoa, crazy

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:48 am

Thanks god.

Maybe I’ll consider flying them

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:48 am

MAGA is gonna be pissed

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