All alcohol is poured from standard shot-sized "mini" bottles that equal a single shot of alcohol... the same shot-sized "mini" bottles that are served on all airlines. As a business select, she should have been one of the first ones on the plane with a boarding pass of A1-A15, at which point she can select just about any seat she wants. How did she get stuck in the middle seat?
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Metanoi... I'm lost in your logic? You'd rather fly from IAD to SFO to connect to LAS on Virgin America because of a $10 fee? Just did a quick search with random dates selected. 9/22-9/25, IAD-LAS, Virgin America is $625.39 with a change of planes in SFO, Southwest is $319.20 out of BWI and $329.20 on the nonstop flights. Still going to take that Virgin America flight?
"It seems like WN has forgotten about those who aren't business travelers but still pay fares that allow the average flight to make a profit. It takes 7 passengers on average to break even, and now you're down to 6." -- You're seeing these new "fees" introduced to help raise revenue because it is a fact that people will not pay fares that allow the average flight to make a profit. It's not as if flights are already profitable and "fees" are being added to increase that profit...quite the opposite actually. Time to get your head out of the sand and face reality.
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I'd have to say that Frontier is more like a parasite in their employees wallets. It seems that their hard-working, dedicated employees are making sacrifices every single month by making additional wage/benefit concessions. Some people may call Southwest the Wal-Mart of the skies, but the true Wal-Mart of the skies would be the company that treats their employees about on par with the way Wal-Mart treats theirs. Those profits from the past 8 months are a direct result of their employees getting paid sub-welfare wages; but, of course, as a passenger you wouldn't care what they are getting paid as long as you get your cheap flights, drinks, snacks and TV.
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Last week SWA was hiring ramp agents and customer service agents in DEN, but those posting have been taken down so there is hope for some openings there.
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ATA had to sell their gates at MDW for the cash to keep operating. SWA outbid AirTran for those gates. FFWD a few years and FedEx unexpectedly cancelled the military contract they had with ATA forcing them to liquidate. ATA was able to operate a few more years with the cash that they received from the sale of their MDW gates to SWA. If AirTran had purchased the MDW gates for $90 million, who would you be blaming their demise on now? Probably no one as it would have happened in 2005 or 2006 instead of 2008.
Some people are trying really hard to put the demise of ATA on SWA. As a disgruntled ex-ATA'er you should take aim at their management and maybe Global Aero Logistics as they were the parent company and if they cared about their employees would have tried a little harder to move them into positions within their other airlines... North American Airlines and World Airways.
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07-08-2009
06:16 PM
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or, JJH, you could alway purchase a regular fare and not have to worry about having to be age verified.
I always wished SWA would assign boarding position by fare paid. The higher the fare paid, the higher your boarding position, etc.
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03-25-2009
04:06 PM
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I don't think you can require someone to remain on board. All you can do is ask, anything else would be holding them against their will.
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May be because SWA isn't a sponsor and that would basically be product placement.
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Hey Tracey.
Check out this YouTube video for a great look at the FA uniform from the 70's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR7JApjgIGw
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