tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post8484385206694793995..comments2024-03-29T09:47:04.022-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : The Old DaysComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-70223073391346942732011-10-03T15:44:29.587-04:002011-10-03T15:44:29.587-04:00MBA
Some degrees only showed that you had a chanc...MBA<br /><br />Some degrees only showed that you had a chance to learn something. Some degrees show that you had a chance to learn a particular thing. <br /><br />MBA falls into the second. <br /><br />It's right there in the name. What and how they do what they were trained to do. Must Be Asshole.Ruckushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059765383428059804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-68978530778817168202011-10-01T19:46:28.326-04:002011-10-01T19:46:28.326-04:00I remember when adults dressed up to fly. Now it&...I remember when adults dressed up to fly. Now it's like riding an intercity bus, but with better security. <br /><br />No, scratch that. Trailways used to have a "five star luxury service" that was better than airlines today. Those buses had hostesses and food.<br /><br />The airline industry has been heavily subsidized by the Post Office, especially since all 1st class mail going long distances began going by air in the `70s. The industry usually is one of the least profitable industries in good years and, overall, most carriers lose money over the long term.<br /><br />The plain fact is that for most travelers, air travel is discretionary. That's probably why most airlines get hammered in bad times.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-21964099743125275242011-10-01T19:02:41.795-04:002011-10-01T19:02:41.795-04:00With a few exceptions – you mention Southwest, I&#...With a few exceptions – you mention Southwest, I'll throw in Jet Blue - the airlines are counting on our having no choice when we need to fly. But in the long run they are shafting themselves. A day will come when fuel prices will fall, and some investors will put money behind a newfangled concept like, umm, service. And when that happens, Continental, Delta, United, American will wake up and discover nobody wants to fly them instead of the new guys.<br /><br />What the four brands I've just mentioned have made themselves stand for is s**t service and wildly disagreeable customer experiences. A few ads won't save them. Nor will a price cut.<br /><br />BTW, I'm probably as old as D and share the same memories. (I had an aunt who wouldn't fly without her mink coat because the people aboard were all so classy. She'd always stop at the top of the ramp and wave to the folks on the "observation deck" of the airport before stepping into the plane.)<br /><br />Flying used to be the most glamorous way to travel. Now it's the most disagreeable – or at least tied with rowing up a sewer without a gas mask.<br /><br />Yours very crankily,<br />The New York CrankThe New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-3489255747915054352011-10-01T15:13:24.155-04:002011-10-01T15:13:24.155-04:00The airline industry is living on borrowed time; w...The airline industry is living on borrowed time; when the reality of ever-increasing fuel prices collides with the reality of frequent flyers that can no longer afford--or are unwilling to bear--those costs, it's game over.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09974356693812650266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-78480181725237276272011-10-01T14:32:09.940-04:002011-10-01T14:32:09.940-04:00Since the ticket prices were regulated, the only w...Since the ticket prices were regulated, the only way fro airlines to compete was over service - hence...<br /><br />Coach easily paid an amount equivalent to today's business class for that overseas trip - so if you want that service, well, go for it...CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713607589724738982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-14055474478139134072011-10-01T11:38:27.544-04:002011-10-01T11:38:27.544-04:00I'm old enough to remember that stuff.
I'...I'm old enough to remember that stuff.<br /><br />I'm old enough to remember going to airports for fun just because and watching planes take off and land.<br /><br />I remember seeing people off at the gate.<br /><br />I'm not quite ready to renounce travel, even though Amtrak (<i>Amtrak!</i> I can concoct a possible terrorist plot involving trains, but it took me a couple of days and input from Stephen King--and it probably wouldn't work!) now demands ID to buy a ticket. But I'm starting to think about it...D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01347115855111060618noreply@blogger.com