Other reasons airlines are failing...

[OrphicSeth]

I non-reved on Delta from the ages between three and twenty-three. My Dad gave me many rules that I had to follow...Do not open your mouth unless spoken to, do not ask the FA for anything, yes ma'am no ma'am etc, and under no circumstances was I allowed to get up when the seat belt sign was on. If any of these rules were broken my Dad would be fired and thrown in jail, at least that is what he told me. And, to this day I get flustered if an FA offers me a choice of meals .

HAHAHAHAHA! Funny! Boy, can I relate! Same story here, different company, and my mom would go to the clinker instead of pops. Even today with those days behind me:

F/A: Sir, which meal would you like tonight?
Me in coach with shoes, shirt, and tie: I'll have the meal you have the most of, please, thank you very much!

 

[135fr8r]

The "paddle" used to fix problems like that, but then again, nowdays the paddle is more illegal than a pair of nail scissors on an airliner.

 

[Vik]

Uh, I think its cattle class, but if you're right, if you only got one class, then its "first class."

I can't wait till SWA gets some tazers and prods people to get on the plane .. "come on group A! get on the plane, don't make me turn this thing upto 50,000 volts again"

Just bust't yer chops ...

SWA has some good stuff going on. I keep 10-15 tickets booked with them at all times to the destinations I fly to the most. I book them 3 months in advance when they are dirt cheap and cancel them if I don't need them. No penalty and I get to keep my money with them to rebook.

We don't argue about this at SWA. Every seat is first class.

 

[iflyhigh]

First:

Most first class seats on any carriers these days is usually filled with customers who receive free upgrades, whether its via points or by the simple fact that they have achieved a certain level of points. So more than likely, the people is first did not pay $1500.00 to fly and thus the airline lost no money.

Second:

So if the customer with the child was sitting in the immediate row behind first class, 1st row of coach, would this have made a difference. The first class customer can still hear the child. Unless you stick the child and parent in the back of the aircraft that it makes no difference. Plus should coach passengers who paid the highest coach fare be subjected to this, I would so no.

Everyone is a paying customer on an airline. Grant you the person spending $1500.00 deserves some good treatment. But unless you know who that person is, its a mute point.

 

[jhill]

Eagle-ista

So in your world children & their parents would only be allowed to fly coach. I guess they use a different type of money than you. Remember the airlines don't let passengers into First Class because they like them. They either paid for the ticket or used miles that they had earned to upgrade. Enjoy your free ride in First Class, just remember the parents with the child didn't get First Class for free.

737 your full of sh!t. Screaming kids are a nuisance someone who used their miles or paid the extra price to ride in first should NOT have to tolorate. Although a non-rev can't complain a paying pax darn sure can and most do. Although 99% of this problem is cause by hippie parents who will not control their kids because they are afraid to upset the little darlings, no child under the age of 5 should be alowed in first class. If you think your kid is so dam important charter a jet.

 

[crj579]

jhill never was a child. He popped out with a full set of manners and never cried once!

 

[Vik]

Your logic about who sits in 1st is seriously flawed. People that can redeem enough miles to sit in 1st fly A LOT and if they're going to not have a pleasant flight, they would rather exchange that 1st first for 3-4 economy trips.

British Airways charges 240,000 miles for 1st, 90,000 for econ for one of the routes I fly. I'll tell you this .. BA prefers I fly 1st instead of 3-4 times on the same route in Econ. If 1st was full of babies, I'd take 3-4 econ tickets instead.

The "Second:" part of your post I agree with. Infact, on most flights, infants are in coach, and in exit row seats because thats where they install the crib and people in business class can hear the baby ... the passengers in first cannot.

First:

Most first class seats on any carriers these days is usually filled with customers who receive free upgrades, whether its via points or by the simple fact that they have achieved a certain level of points. So more than likely, the people is first did not pay $1500.00 to fly and thus the airline lost no money.

Second:

So if the customer with the child was sitting in the immediate row behind first class, 1st row of coach, would this have made a difference. The first class customer can still hear the child. Unless you stick the child and parent in the back of the aircraft that it makes no difference. Plus should coach passengers who paid the highest coach fare be subjected to this, I would so no.

Everyone is a paying customer on an airline. Grant you the person spending $1500.00 deserves some good treatment. But unless you know who that person is, its a mute point.