Airline.

[moosmom]

I watched Airline last night for the first time. Those airline employees deserve awards AND combat pay. I thought the show was great.

RICHARD,

I don't blame you for yelling at your tv. I was yelling at mine last night when the couple who had SERIOUS attitudes, threatened to sue the airlines and the employees if something wasn't done. GET A LIFE people!!! You were coming back from vacation, NOT involved in an emergency!!!

Here is my airline story:

My daughter collapsed in Florida at the age of 16 with a malignant brain tumor on Christmas Day. I tried frantically to get the next flight out to be with her. Because it was a holiday, it cost me over $1500 to fly out the day after Christmas. The evening before I called to confirm my flight. The airline had no record of it!! They told me that all flights were booked. I was furious!! I became one of "those people". I totally lost control, yelling that they would be held accountable if my daughter died during her brain surgery because I couldn't get to the hospital in time. I asked them if they had any "bereavement" seats, and they said no. Fortunately, a friend of mine, a former travel agent, said that the airlines always keeps at least 5 seats vacant for personnel. Thanks to her calm nature, I was able to get on the plane that very next day at the buttcrack of dawn. I did, however, miss seeing my daughter before she went into surgery, which lasted 8 hours.

Once I got home, I wrote a letter to the President of the airline, explaining the entire situation to him. Within 3 weeks I received a voucher for airfare to anywhere in the continental U.S., apologizing for the entire episode.

[RICHARD]

The other person that gave me the fits was the 'customer service lady', the gal that was bumped and 'lost a day's pay and her feet hurt and she wouldn't be able to give her talk.....'


That's what she get's for not giving herself enough time to get to where she was going...

I am sorry but when ever I go out amongst the masses I know my PERFECT WORLD stops where reality begins.

"Stuff" happens.

And sometimes I end up sitting in it, like the Alzheimer's passenger...I've just learned that it's better to put up with the stink than to alert everyone that you are sitting in crap.

[Corinna]

I've seen the ads but i don't have cable (yes I do live in the far reaches of the woods, but we choose not to have cable) Haven,t seen the show but working as a retail manager I have stories I could tell too. People man it seems if you fell in to money your a pain, but if you worked had for it you can be a real person. I worked in a very high dollar home store( linens and decorer stuff boy the 2 weeks of being in a multi million dollar home these people drove me nuts. I mean you are only there 2 weeks a year the rest of the time its covered in cloths who cares if the drape in one room is a 1/4 of a shade darker than the living room ones the bedroom ones match each other.
well you get the picture, I had to be the one the boss send out to trouble shoot cause I wouldn't lose my temper as ever one else in the company did. It was ok cuz then I got hired on weekends to put all the stuff in before owners arrived made about 3-4 hundred extra a week. Boss oked it. Sure miss that job. But boss started getting a rotten rep so I didn't want mine to go too so I quit.

[slick]

Just had to post this:

>>Snappy Answer #1

>>

>>A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check

>>tickets. As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket,

>>and he opened his trench coat and flashed her. Without missing a beat

>>she said, "Sir, I need to see your ticket, not your stub."

[RICHARD]

Jury: Airline Not Liable for Racist Rhyme


By Associated Press

January 21, 2004, 10:32 PM EST


KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Southwest Airlines is not liable for a flight attendant who upset two black passengers by using a version of a rhyme with a racist history, a jury determined Wednesday.

The two passengers, sisters Louise Sawyer and Grace Fuller, were heading home from a Las Vegas vacation nearly three years ago when flight attendant Jennifer Cundiff, trying to get passengers to sit down, said over the intercom, "Eenie, meenie, minie, moe; pick a seat, we gotta go."


The sisters say the rhyme was directed at them and was a reference to a racist version that dates to before the civil rights era: "Eenie, meenie, minie, moe; catch a n----- by his toe."

The sisters filed a federal lawsuit against the airline claiming they were discriminated against and suffered physical and emotional distress. Judge Kathryn H. Vratil ruled last year that the case could proceed to trial, and it began on Tuesday before an eight-member jury.

The jury returned its verdict in favor of the airline Wednesday evening.

Attorney Scott A. Wissel, representing the two women, said in his opening statement that they were humiliated and degraded when Cundiff used the phrase, and decided to sue out of frustration after Southwest Airlines would not take their complaint seriously.

Cundiff, who is white, testified that she had used the rhyme before on other flights. She said Southwest Airlines encourages employees to use humor to help make flights more fun and memorable.

She testified that she was confused why someone would complain about the rhyme. It was not until later that she learned about the racist version, she said.

[moosmom]

OH PUHLEEEZE!!!!!

Next time maybe they should travel by AMTRAK!!!

As for their scumsucking lawyer (nothing personal Cataholic), *sighs, shakes head* I'm not a BIT surprized. He's gives the law profession a bad name.

[carole]

Richard is this the american version of Airline, we have the british Airline, I love watching it, and am even watching repeats right now, as I missed some of the episodes, some people, you just cannot believe what they expect, great show, worth switching on the box for.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by carole
Richard is this the american version of Airline, we have the british Airline, I love watching it, and am even watching repeats right now, as I missed some of the episodes, some people, you just cannot believe what they expect, great show, worth switching on the box for.

Don't you mean British Airways??


We always steal the good ideas..

It is a great show......

[carole]

No Richard the one we get here is Easyjet, a budget airline in Uk.

What suprises me is how many people forget their passport, I find that incredible, its the first thing I would make sure I had, silly people..
they must be so un-organised.

[RICHARD]

On the Monday episode there was a couple who ended up one bag short at the baggage claim.

They went to the area for lost or damaged bags....

They spoke to the gals at the counter and let them know that the lost bag was worth 370 dollars.

The clerks told them that the airline would only pay 100 dollars, if the bag was lost. That did not go over well and the 370 dollar price was brought up again and again....

Now I do believe in buying stuff that you like,

but who is stupid enough to spend almost 400 dollars for a bag that is going to tossed around by people who really don't care about the price?

Also, isn't that a real attraction to a thief who knows about expensive luggage??

The bag showed up 20 minutes later due to an error in the unloading process......

That was great....I love it when people go flying off the handle and get egg on their faces because they are stupid, impatient and unable to be courteous.

The other 'baggage' problem was a butthead who walked in and claimed "You tore my bag-This bag is made of bulletproof/ballistic material..."

If a bullet can't tear it could a baggage handler???

You could tell this guy was a frumpy old bees turd
whose sole mission in life is to make people bend to his will....

[carole]

Yeah Richard and what about the ones who arrive late for their flight and get so annoyed because they won't let them on, Their excuses I got held up in traffice, well hello, but one makes sure they leave in plenty time, allowing for such things, I mean if the airline held the plane for everyone who is five mins late, the passengers who get there on time would be most p****d off, delayed flights are bad enough without adding more of them from this sort of thing, people are just so un-believable eh?

I have empathy for the airline staff who are continually abused by these stupid people, my sister works for a financial firm, her job is to get money off people, you would not believe the abuse she gets, its digusting , verbal stuff, emails, she is thinking of leaving its so bad, stressful, people are sooo. bad,!!!!!