White House to Destroy More Airline Jobs

[pilotyip]

Will this cancellation be like SWA’s policy, where there is no penalty, but SWA still owns your money and you can use it on another flight?

 

[atlcrjdriver]

Seems like a brilliant idea to me. Let passengers cancel without penalty, and then penalize airlines who overbook to compensate. Therefore force airlines to fly around with empty seats, losing all kinds of money. Bye bye airline jobs.

Step back from the Fix News Revolution and take a deep breath.

How is this going to cause airline jobs to go away? The bulk of the ideas are actually good such as full disclosure of fees and keeping the pax informed of changes to the reservation. Many carriers already do this anyway.

Also, the bulk of reservations are advanced bookings ie several months in advance for lower fares. So if I buy a tkt in June for a trip in Oct and change my mind within 24 hrs and cxl what difference would it make to the airline? They will simply sell the seat to somebody else. Business travelers usually make up last minute bookings which are higher fares thus are changable anyway.

The prob w/ invols have been that with the reduction in capacity the numbers have gone up and this needed to be addressed. If I buy a tkt and show up on-time the I should get the seat that I paid for. The only way to get a carriers attention is in the pocket book.

 

[ricj41]

We have done this to ourselves. Who else flew flights this weekend 100% full? All weekend with tons of paying pax not able to get on.

 

[rickair7777]

I support the rule. I do not believe the airlines should be able to oversell flights and strand passengers that paid for a ticket. People travel for a reason, and it is often an important one. Being left at the gate because the airline sold 115 tickets on a 100 seat airplane is inexcusable. If the demand is their to oversell a flight in the first place, they surely can charge a few more dollars per ticket to make up the lost revenue. After all, they were able to sell more tickets than they have seats.

The argument that not everyone shows up sometimes is worthless. Sometimes, they do. And they should have the seat they paid for.

I agree. And if you cancel at the last minute, you get little or zero refund...airline seats are a perishable commodity. You could still take a later flight as a standby, but not confirmed.

 

[Smarta$$]

We have done this to ourselves. Who else flew flights this weekend 100% full? All weekend with tons of paying pax not able to get on.

Exactly. Industry gets as much regulation as it deserves and company management gets as much union as it deserves.

Actually it does not always work this way; wall street melt down, gulf oil spill, airline over booking... But it should.

 

[Tarzan]

Exactly. Industry gets as much regulation as it deserves and company management gets as much union as it deserves.

Actually it does not always work this way; wall street melt down, gulf oil spill, airline over booking... But it should.

You want more jobs in this industry right? The airline ticket is the most highly taxed piece of paper in the world. Get the government to relax some of the insane taxes and you'll get more people flying and more jobs. The airlines can put a little more coin the account and they don't have to full 100% to ensure some profit.

 

[pilotyip]

think about the poor people

You want more jobs in this industry right? The airline ticket is the most highly taxed piece of paper in the world. Get the government to relax some of the insane taxes and you'll get more people flying and more jobs. The airlines can put a little more coin the account and they don't have to full 100% to ensure some profit.

but what about the poor people, the 40% on some kind of gov't support? Where would the tax money come from to take care of the poor people? Besides rich people can afford those taxes. NOT!

 

[johnpeace]

but what about the poor people, the 40% on some kind of gov't support? Where would the tax money come from to take care of the poor people? Besides rich people can afford those taxes. NOT!

I thought the taxes on airline tickets/operations were there to fund the benefits that the airlines themselves enjoy, things like: controlled airspace, FAA regulation, airport construction, security, etc.

It's still welfare of course...no reason the industry couldn't provide all of those services for itself (probably cheaper).

 

[NEDude]

How about this novel idea, sell confirmed seats for only the number of seats on the airplane, and then sell 10% more refundable standby tickets.

 

[A-V-8]

So how's that Hope & Change thing working out for you, anyway?

http://cbs4.com/local/spirit.airlines.pilots.2.1726177.html

Just saying!