They suck these days, and now the airlines want to charge you like three bucks for a tiny package of pretzels. What is this world coming to?
Eh, better a relatively cheap flight with expensive snacks than a relatively expensive flight with cheap snacks. But really, so long as they don't have some pathetically bad in flight movie about planes being taken over by our reptilian overlords, who cares?
This is the perfect thread title for the 'Passenger's Bill of Rights' thread. Ah, the missed opportunities.
At least they don't prevent you from bringing your own snacks on to the plane. THAT is the next step--they'll mimic the "Stadium Strategy"...no outside snacks/drinks allowed, and the prices will soar even higher!
I blame the fucks with peanut allergies. What is this world coming to when you can't have a bag of peanuts on a plane?
I guess I should really say that I always fly business class or better. So I'm not exactly sure what you mean. If you want to talk weird though, take a flight on Kingfisher Airlines (in India) they actually had auctions on the plane, where you got a bidding sheet and put down how much you'd be willing to pay for some chinsey watch or other random piece of merchandise (they had flash drives on one flight, a stereo, and some other assorted crap). The Indians on board were eating it up, but to me it was damn odd.
Last time we had a meal flight with Continental we had the turkey sandwich. It was one slice of turkey on a 3" roll with one piece of lettuce - maybe enough to satisfy a slightly hungry chipmunk. Mary opened it up to check the turkey (cook's reflex) and saw it had that rainbow sheen meat gets when it's too old. We just ate the bag of goldfish crackers she had in her purse.
Continental's one of the last carriers that actually gives you a meal instead of expecting you to pay for it. I've found if you order the low-cholesterol meal you actually get a fairly decent chicken breast over rice with steamed broccoli, a side salad, and some fresh fruit. The regular meal on the LAX to EWR route is disgusting. And when did someone decide that those little TV screens above the seats were better than the one in the center aisle? I'm always too close or too far away to see. Not that most of the movies are worth seeing, anyway...
Fly business or first class and you usually get your own personal TV. In fact, even in steerage Air Canada has recently introduced personal TVs on newer model aircraft.
^Well, by the time they've installed personal TVs in coach, maybe they'll improve the quality of the movies offered. In the meantime, I've got my laptop and a DVD or two; I'll cope.
Old nautical term Mewa meant that you're were in an inside cabin, most likely shared, back near the engines and rudder of the boat. In other words, the cheap seats.
We always fly the little ERJ-145s, so no TV at all. Wouldn't help anyway, I get motion sick unless I keep my eyes lookin' out the window. I can't read or watch anything in a moving vehicle.
Friend of mine spent nearly £5 for a cup of tea on a Ryanair flight, then tipped most of it into the lap of the bloke sitting next to her... Oh, my, was her face red... I could barely breathe for laughing, but I have a nasty streak a mile wide.
Makes no difference to me. You couldn't pay me to fly commercial now. I'm not putting up with all the security bullshit. They'll strip search an 80yo grandmother, but give Achmed a free pass to avoid being accused of racial profiling.
I wish I had a choice. One's parents get really pissed if you don't visit. As it is, we alternate families on vacation, so I only see Mom every other year, she sees her family on the other year...
I highly encourage all of you to STOP FLYING. Encourage your friends to STOP FLYING. And for those that do fly, I do encourage you to dress nicely and not make the airport look like a fucking bus stop. Show some debonaire and class. Girls, please don't wear rubber shower shoes and sweat pants- they are unbecoming and make me think you live in a trailer park. You don't want the pilots thinking you are trailer trash, do you? Drive. Road trips are fun! Empty out the planes a bit so the poor dumb fuckers like me who HAVE to ride in the back to get to and from work can have a little better experience.
I have to fly to LA every now and then and every time I'm in that fucking security line I just wonder if OBL and his folks realize just how big they won.
No, but trading more of our personal freedoms and privacy for an illusion of security does. Note for the dense: I'm not referring to airlines here.
