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Originally Posted by Silent Bob
As for the airlines and their biasness against the passengers. Well it's as Chris says, it's never gonna change until people stop flying. But that's never gonna happen? How can a business passenger stop flying? Or how can you tell a person who's parents are ill/dying in another/state or country, who need to get to that location to not fly? As much as flying is a luxuary for most, it's a neccessasity for others. What's the alternative? Drive? Train? Boat? Bus? People can barely stand being on a plane 5 hours at best, can you imagine how uptight most will be if they have to spend 14 plus hours to get from NY to california by bus?
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Exactly! People need to fly. And, with airfare so cheap, $300-$500, to fly coast to coast, if you purchase in advance, not only is it quick, but it saves you time, and money, compared to driving 24+ hours across the country, and paying for the gas, which will probably cost you near the cost of the ticket, plus food costs, and any hotel stays, if you decide to make a long drive, such as that, over a period of two days, as many would do. And, while we are talking about long drives, lets mention short drives. I've checked people in, who are flying to locations, that are no more than a 3-4 hour drive away.
There really is no way to make flying a seameless process for everybody. Not all customers will always be satisfied. Think about how many times you go into Wal-Mart, or some other store, and there is one line open, the cashier is rude, and they didn't have one of the items that you went in to get. We complain, in our minds, about this, but often times, let it go. Airlines are no different. They aren't always going to please everyone, but, people don't let it go. They pitch fits, and act like children, over what can sometimes be the smallest of things. The airlines deal with tens of thousands of passengers and bags, or more, on a dailer basis. They operate metal tubes at 30,000 feet, flying at 600mph, across the country. It isn't exactly as easy business, and common sense tells me that things will sometimes go wrong, and unfortunately, inconvenience a customer. It happens. Either deal with it, or stop flying, because it isn't going to change.
I am truly amazed at how something simple as a passengers bag not making it on a flight, yet it is scanned to arrive the VERY next flights, less than an hour away, and we will deliver the bag, yet grown business men, and women, twice my age, act like little irate children over something like that. I realize the inconvenience, but for a professional business man or woman to act they way I've often seen, makes me questions the people we have running our business, and country, yet these people like to put down my generation. As much as it is an inconvenience, when things don't go as planned, when flying on the airlines, people need to stop and realize how they look, when they pitch fits. It makes me want to stay away, and have no part of the business they work for, because that is the impression I get of that business. It goes both ways; and passengers don't realize this. Not to mention the people that pitch fits at the agents, and think it is okay, but dare that agent act rude to them. There are some really immature people out there, and yet they are the heads of businesses. It amazed me everyday, the stuff I see!