It's sucked to fly for a long time. Hidden fees and airline employee's who act like we should be grateful when they bump us because they have overbooked flights. It's going to be getting a lot worse. There used to be a time when companies believed that treating there customers well was the best way to get them back. But decades of mismanagement and government bail outs have shifted there focus to how best to take advantage of us.
50% of an airlines operating costs are fuel based, so with fuel prices reaching critical mass we're in for an even nastier time this summer. Do your self a favor and stay out of the skies. Let these companies implode, they started on this path long before our fuel crisis hit. If you don't have to fly don't. I am sick of paying through the nose to get treated like a criminal. I've started to take the train when I can. It's not fast or cheap but I don't feel like I might explode either.
Earlier this month, a woman was arrested on a JetBlue flight on charges of assaulting flight attendants during a cross-country trip. An autistic toddler and his mother getting kicked off an airplane. Delta will soon add a $25 or $50 fuel fees to its frequent flier SkyMiles.
Thursday marked the 20th attempted airfare increase of the year,
according to Rick Seaney, CEO of FareCompare.com, versus the 23 total
attempts the airlines made last year.
"There is an increase in hostility, and it goes both ways," said Kate
Hanni, founder of the Coalition for an Airline Passengers' Bill of
Rights. "I am, in both ways, seeing a rise in air rage and also a rise
in employee hostility toward the passenger."
Our government isn't about to step in, they are to inept to do anything anyway. If we want to better our situation we the people have to organize and do the job our government and big business refuses, doesn't want to or are incapable of doing, not just with the skies but with everything. This is a consumer based economy, and that means regardless of what lies you are told, the ultimate power is in the hands of the consumer base. We the people have the power to stop giving our money to people who treat us like shit, abuse there position and lie. Take back the skies, don't fly.
50% of an airlines operating costs are fuel based, so with fuel prices reaching critical mass we're in for an even nastier time this summer. Do your self a favor and stay out of the skies. Let these companies implode, they started on this path long before our fuel crisis hit. If you don't have to fly don't. I am sick of paying through the nose to get treated like a criminal. I've started to take the train when I can. It's not fast or cheap but I don't feel like I might explode either.
Earlier this month, a woman was arrested on a JetBlue flight on charges of assaulting flight attendants during a cross-country trip. An autistic toddler and his mother getting kicked off an airplane. Delta will soon add a $25 or $50 fuel fees to its frequent flier SkyMiles.
Thursday marked the 20th attempted airfare increase of the year,
according to Rick Seaney, CEO of FareCompare.com, versus the 23 total
attempts the airlines made last year.
"There is an increase in hostility, and it goes both ways," said Kate
Hanni, founder of the Coalition for an Airline Passengers' Bill of
Rights. "I am, in both ways, seeing a rise in air rage and also a rise
in employee hostility toward the passenger."
Our government isn't about to step in, they are to inept to do anything anyway. If we want to better our situation we the people have to organize and do the job our government and big business refuses, doesn't want to or are incapable of doing, not just with the skies but with everything. This is a consumer based economy, and that means regardless of what lies you are told, the ultimate power is in the hands of the consumer base. We the people have the power to stop giving our money to people who treat us like shit, abuse there position and lie. Take back the skies, don't fly.
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