Comments on: Passengers First? http://crankyflier.com/2007/11/29/passengers-first/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:10:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Zack Rules http://crankyflier.com/2007/11/29/passengers-first/comment-page-1/#comment-12495 Zack Rules Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:43:09 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/11/29/passengers-first/#comment-12495 Outlaw jets with less than 99 seats from New York airspace! This is the best way to fix the problem. Regional jets require way more space between other planes due to wake turbulence and they hog landing slots. Select markets like Erie, Bangor, Nantucket and other small ones and let those flights be operated on regional jets. Other than that, Delta and American operate regional jets between NY and Boston and Washington! That's simply a waste! Chicago used to be similar. There, any slot that a regional jet uses should be up for grabs by another airline unless its to a small market. This is the best way to solve this problem! Outlaw jets with less than 99 seats from New York airspace! This is the best way to fix the problem. Regional jets require way more space between other planes due to wake turbulence and they hog landing slots. Select markets like Erie, Bangor, Nantucket and other small ones and let those flights be operated on regional jets. Other than that, Delta and American operate regional jets between NY and Boston and Washington! That’s simply a waste! Chicago used to be similar. There, any slot that a regional jet uses should be up for grabs by another airline unless its to a small market.
This is the best way to solve this problem!

]]> By: 250Kflier http://crankyflier.com/2007/11/29/passengers-first/comment-page-1/#comment-10899 250Kflier Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:12:31 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/11/29/passengers-first/#comment-10899 Stempler is a fool and the Air Traveler Association lacks any credibility. How and why he gets any coverage is a mystery. Stempler is a fool and the Air Traveler Association lacks any credibility. How and why he gets any coverage is a mystery.

]]> By: Artie http://crankyflier.com/2007/11/29/passengers-first/comment-page-1/#comment-10741 Artie Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:59:02 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/11/29/passengers-first/#comment-10741 The dude strikes me as histrionic with delusions of grandeur that he is the flying public's representative. How does he ever fit in an airplane with that big head? Although, based on how air travel is nowadays, perhaps he HAS been representing us...quite well, actually, since we find ourselves fairly unhappy with service these days - and he seems to support ideas that would pretty much maintain the status quo. The dude strikes me as histrionic with delusions of grandeur that he is the flying public’s representative. How does he ever fit in an airplane with that big head?

Although, based on how air travel is nowadays, perhaps he HAS been representing us…quite well, actually, since we find ourselves fairly unhappy with service these days – and he seems to support ideas that would pretty much maintain the status quo.

]]> By: SeaFlyer http://crankyflier.com/2007/11/29/passengers-first/comment-page-1/#comment-10728 SeaFlyer Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:20:43 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/11/29/passengers-first/#comment-10728 This is a great post, particularly the links to the more detailed questions about Stempler's (and his association's) legitimacy. I have been wondering about him every time I see him quoted, or worse, interviewed in a national medium. Sounds like a racket to me. This is a great post, particularly the links to the more detailed questions about Stempler’s (and his association’s) legitimacy. I have been wondering about him every time I see him quoted, or worse, interviewed in a national medium. Sounds like a racket to me.

]]> By: DR Gooch http://crankyflier.com/2007/11/29/passengers-first/comment-page-1/#comment-10727 DR Gooch Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:17:44 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/11/29/passengers-first/#comment-10727 Yes, I laughed about the same release yesterday. Pretty funny. I particularly like the part about changing the definition of delay. Yes, I laughed about the same release yesterday. Pretty funny. I particularly like the part about changing the definition of delay.

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