PHXFLYR
USAir by default
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- Feb 5, 2003
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Ty Webb said:I often agree with your posts, but this one just demonstartes that you haven't flown on many LCC flights, or sat in the back of your own flights and actually talked to the people who are buying the tickets.
Every airline out there has a core of very pissed-off passengers. Whether their beef is really justified or not, who knows, but every time I commute, I have people tell me "I hate flying on ___(legacy)____airline. I NEVER fly on them if I have a choice because they (screwed me over, lost my bags, called my fat wife "fat", etc)". Almost every flight I commute on yields a passenger who just "has to tell" that he/she loves AirTran and will fly on us every opportunity they get because we (treat them well, have the best fares, never lost their bag, can cure cancer, etc) so don't count on passengers choosing Legacies over LCC's . . . . . . y'all just aren't that great.
Often, LCC's have service equal to or better than some Legacy airlines. If you go from ATL on Delta to a nearby city, such as Pensacola, Gulfport, Savannah, New Orleans, etc., you will likely be on an RJ, and even if you aren't, you probably won't even get a real beverage service, but on AirTran, you'll be in newer, possibly larger, aircraft, and will have full beverage service and XM Satellite radio, too.
All subsidised by the guys and gals flying 717's for RJ wages.....
PHXFLYR