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2022-07-30 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Airlines Will Cut Back to Avoid a "Meltdown"

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Posted by Bobby 2022-07-30 09:19|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Fewer flights means more overbooking, more passengers bumped. If you get bumped from your flight, the entire point of flying to save time is mooted, unless you are traveling overseas, in which case you have no choice anyway.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-30 10:19|| 2022-07-30 10:19|| Front Page Top

#2 In my lifetime flying coach has gone from pleasant and comfortable, to an ordeal of physical discomfort coupled with massive inconvenience and expense both before and after. Now we have devolved to unreliable and downright insulting. Look at the massive unclaimed baggage displays at major airports, and remember, every single bag has the name, address and contact information of the owner. The airline simply ignored bothering to even send a simple notification, since most of the bags were sent as checked baggage to the wrong location, and notification would require additional handling and workload. Customer service is an alien concept to United, American and even Delta.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-07-30 11:40|| 2022-07-30 11:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Delta Airlines has been at the vanguard of tawdry service for many years.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-30 12:15|| 2022-07-30 12:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Meanwhile, a pilot shortage that has loomed over airlines for more than a decade likely won’t resolve itself for two or three years. Labor unions say workers are fed up with long hours, forced overtime and rebooked flights even as they fight for higher pay to make up for historic inflation.

Yeah, that's a line of Bull-Shit. Admitting the obvious to cover the truth.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-07-30 12:45|| 2022-07-30 12:45|| Front Page Top

#5 ‘Hunger Games’ or ‘Atlas Shrugged’

Posted by Glenmore 2022-07-30 15:45|| 2022-07-30 15:45|| Front Page Top

#6 I can't hardly bring myself to go into town.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-30 23:56|| 2022-07-30 23:56|| Front Page Top

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