The Delta Forum Lounge Thread Everybody is Welcome! 2005-2018
Mar 12, 2010 | 8:45 am
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I say screw em. They are the ones who make us take off the shoes, they need to deal with the consequences of their actions.
Government inaction for you--but, it is still better than the French methodology
Did they bribe the DOT?
Originally Posted by WBurcham
How the TSA want's PBI to spend money.
Did they bribe the DOT?
Last edited by fgirard; Mar 12, 2010 at 9:00 am
Mar 12, 2010 | 9:05 am
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Pull up the carpet and put down tile. Easy to clean and maintain and tile will not retain odors. But on second thought what is TSA doing smelling the carpet, getting high, or are they smelling themselves?
Mar 12, 2010 | 9:24 am
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It's only appropriate that they charge a premium price for a entrιe that soon will be quite scarce. That indicates a good application of capitalist principles -- Simply Good Business.
Mar 12, 2010 | 9:26 am
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Mar 12, 2010 | 9:32 am
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Mar 12, 2010 | 9:39 am
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Mersk862 had to call me this weekend to proclaim "there was nothing United effed up this weekend"
Alas he was on a simple MSP-ORD-MSP trip. When I pointed that out, he said "well if anyone was going to screw that up, it'd be UA"
Mar 12, 2010 | 9:44 am
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Clearly UA has much to learn
Mar 12, 2010 | 9:48 am
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MCO-ORD-IAD-DEN-CLT-LAX
That does make sense why the Mileage RUnners love UA.
Mar 12, 2010 | 10:14 am
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FT is so complicated.
In certain threads, POS is "Piece of S..." and is a crude insulting term, and is quite acceptable.
In other threads it is "Person of Size", intended as a polite and respectful description for substantial passengers, and those threads always end up getting locked.
The really odd thing is, all of that makes perfect sense to me.
In certain threads, POS is "Piece of S..." and is a crude insulting term, and is quite acceptable.
In other threads it is "Person of Size", intended as a polite and respectful description for substantial passengers, and those threads always end up getting locked.
The really odd thing is, all of that makes perfect sense to me.
Mar 12, 2010 | 10:19 am
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and I thought is was poster of size.
Mar 12, 2010 | 12:28 pm
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Mar 12, 2010 | 12:32 pm
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But yes, I plan on getting my 90 EQS on CO this year by primarily flying short UA hops en route to/from the West Coast.
Mar 12, 2010 | 12:39 pm
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I think I need to have a t-shirt made up: I survived my lethal injection at Abbott NW. 
UX did a royal job of screwing up an even shorter trip (STL-ORD) the last time I flew them. First plane went mechanical, gate reader went mechanical, FA made a big deal of relocating everyone for weight & balance purposes even though the plane was full, and finally the replacement plane went mechanical (couldn't steer) upon landing at ORD -- took an hour & a half to get towed to a gate.
Fortunately, the CSR in the WC @ ORD overlooked our change fees when we finally got there.
Our compensation from UA was an underwhelming pair of $25 certs that I eventually gave away in CC.
Fortunately, the CSR in the WC @ ORD overlooked our change fees when we finally got there.
Our compensation from UA was an underwhelming pair of $25 certs that I eventually gave away in CC.
Mar 12, 2010 | 12:40 pm
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UX did a royal job of screwing up an even shorter trip (STL-ORD) the last time I flew them. First plane went mechanical, gate reader went mechanical, FA made a big deal of relocating everyone for weight & balance purposes even though the plane was full, and finally the replacement plane went mechanical (couldn't steer) upon landing at ORD -- took an hour & a half to get towed to a gate. Our compensation was an underwhelming pair of $25 certs that I eventually gave away in CC.
Fortunately, the CSR in the WC @ ORD overlooked our change fees when we finally got there.
Our compensation from UA was an underwhelming pair of $25 certs that I eventually gave away in CC.
Fortunately, the CSR in the WC @ ORD overlooked our change fees when we finally got there.
Our compensation from UA was an underwhelming pair of $25 certs that I eventually gave away in CC.