When I went to aa.com to learn more about American’s partnership with JetBlue, I saw this photo and just couldn’t stop laughing. That’s American CEO Gerard Arpey at right, smiling like a madman while looking at a JetBlue A320. On the left, we have a laughing JetBlue CEO Dave Barger holding on to an American 777 and staring at Gerard. A million possible thought bubbles started running through my mind, but then someone suggested a brilliant idea. Why not hold a caption contest?
Create your best caption for this photo and submit it in the comments section. The winner will get air travel assistance from Cranky Concierge for one trip for free. Take a look at the photo, see the rules below, and then start typing that caption.
Here’s the deal. Submit as many captions as you’d like. There is no limit. Entries must be made by 11:59p Pacific Time on Monday, April 5, 2010. I alone will choose the winning entry based solely on my own judgment of what I think its funniest and nothing else. The winner will be announced in the comment section and in a blog post. Winners must claim their victory via email from the address submitted in the comment section entry. That is the only way to claim your victory, so don’t go making up fake addresses.
The prize will be air travel assistance for one trip via visit this page.
152 comments on “This Photo Is Begging for a Caption; Do It and Win Cranky Concierge Service”
Arpey: So this is what a new narrow-body looks like.
Barger: Yes, and the inside is from THIS century.
So this is what a COMMERCIAL jet looks like.
I don’t understand why everyone complains about leg room?
Mine looks a little bigger than yours…
Barger: Yours may be bigger, but mine’s BLUE.
Arpey:Awww…isn’t that adorable?
So here’s what happened to the UA SFO-PEK flight last weekend…
“why is there paint on this plane?”
This one is the funniest (17.46 BST) :)
“On behalf of the Church of Religious Consciousness, we would like you to have an airplane model as well. Would you care to make a donation or a code share agreement?”
This one made me laugh out loud. This one is by far the best.
..and on the bright side, if your employees are successful in shoving that up your hoo-haw, it won’t hurt nearly as much…!
Mine is bigger than yours…
How Big Is Yours?
Size does matter!
“Dave, I think it would be awesome to partner together, too bad you guys went to Sabre just as we are getting off that POS to build our own system.”
Arpey: Do you remember Midway?
Barger: Midway who?
Barger: “Bigger is better!”
Bloomberg: “Now, if I could get AA HQ back in New York….”
Gerard, who would have thought that ten years ago we were the little guys and you were the big behemoth in the USA. And then we made that little code-share deal. Now it’s 2020 and JetBlue and our German partners own the whole combined airline. Doesn’t that AA silver “lack of” paint job look quaint ?
Yeah you’re right…RJ’s have way to much room. Our customers will love our new “ultra efficient mini jets”.
“An Airbus! How quaint.”
This one’s not bad.
“Congratulations, kid. You made it to The Show.”
“I’m going to crush this model with my bare hands, like I’m going to crush this upstart airline!”
“You’re gonna have to pry this Triple Seven from my cold, dead hands, because it’s coming home with me!”
(Fat guy in background): “I’m gonna take you down if you try to walk out of here with that thing…”
barger: hey, did you fart?
arpey: maybe…
Arpey “The World is Mine, AHAHAHA The World is Mine.”
“Keep smiling, Arpey. Just wait until your unions here about this…”
Barger “wait, AA doesn’t fly to ICN?”
Barger: “Gerard, I brought this along to show you what an airplane built after 1990 looks like.”
Bloomberg: “Yeah, those are about the only kinds of models you two guys are going to get. Enjoy the toys, fellas.”
Barger: “Hey, Gerard. Who invited Drew Carey to this shindig?”
I went to New York and all I got was this little airplane
So far this was the only one that made me laugh.
Dinner… is served!
“I’ve never really looked at if from this angle, it does appear to be smaller”
Dave Barger: “Mine has ETOPS – 180… How are you going to trump that?”
“I went to New York City and all I got was a stupid jetBlue airplane?”
This fucking thing drove out out of Long Beach?
oops…”This fucking thing drove us out of Long Beach?”
Andy Warhol (background, in grey tie and glasses) officiates bizarre corporate marriage.
Barger: Nice try, Champ. You need to go much smaller than this if you wanna translate our cost efficiencies to your legacy operation.
Arpey: You *are* right Barger. We need to go smaller. Best part is, this little aircraft is cheaper than even those 35 year old TWA MD-80’s. I can see our shareholders salivating now. (diabolical grin).
Barger : Yeh, its a fuel efficient european import. Got a modern entertainment system, easy maintenance – sure you dont see many in silver.
Barger: are you sure this is gonna work?
Arpey: I have no idea but it’s sure gonna piss off the Germans!
Bloomberg: remember – I heart NYC sticker on every wing tip right?
Barger: Yours isn’t that big.
Arpey: That’s what she said.
Ha, Ha!! This one made me laugh!!
It’s not the size that counts, unless you’re trying to fit it into a tight landing slot.
Gerard Arpey: Now is our chance to absorb the weenies and get them out of the way!
Dave Barger: Yah! big shiny airplanes!
Arpey: “Since when do I attend events with a regional airline?”
Barger: “Pssst, Gerard! I think Tony Soprano is behind us. Pretend you’re enjoying this.”
“Dave–this will be the only aircraft American can afford in the next year to come–the scale model that is.”
I don’t care how far you want me to shove it… It still won’t fit!
Weeeeeeeeeeee!
Oooooo, shiny. So very… shiny!
Open wide, here comes the airplane!
The “Great-Winged” Suppository?
Gerard Arpey: Dave, someday, when JetBlue becomes a real airline, you’ll have a … plane as big is mine.
David Barger: You really think so Gerard?
(Sorry to steal the caption, but I think it missed the punchline)
Gerard Arpey: Dave, someday, when JetBlue becomes a real airline, you’ll have a … plane as big is mine.
David Barger: You really think so Gerard?
**Gerard Arpey: No!
Sure, mine is bigger, but we are both bigger than Crandall’s!
Hey Dave, I don’t see any blue and gold on that thing. Is that a good omen?
Luft-what?
Dave you’ve lost some weight. I told you that German diet wasn’t working…
Gerard: I told him mine was bigger
Whoa- I guess you were right Gerard. Yours is bigger than mine
Gerald: “So Davey….you ever seen a grown plane naked?”
RIP Peter Graves
I bet you the Germans are going to be ticked.
Arpey: (not pictured) Dude you call this an airplane?
Barger: (as pictured) Hey, that’s the biggest one we have!
Arpey: (as pictured) We are so going to eat you alive!
I was just thinking…if we merge these colors, we end up with fuschia. Jet Fuschia American…I like the ring of that.
I’ll show you mine if you’ll show me yours….
Hmmm….our poor service doesn’t look as bad when the planes are this small….
Sure our new airplanes are cramped, but I think people will really go for the low fares in Economy Minus.
You can strand twice as many people on the runway as we can
“Its mine, my own, my precious!”
Arpey: “We told Airbus we have decided to quit and go into the car business as an April Fool’s joke. They dropped A320 prices $3 million on the 1/2 hour. He..He..”
Arpey: “Told Airbus we were quitting and going into the car business for April Fool’s. They dropped A320 prices $3 million in 1/2 hour. He..He..”
More concise.
Looks like you need an upgrade, Dave.
Arpey: “Hey! Look! It’s paint!”
Barger: “Yes. It’s OUR paint. We’re just partners … not paint-sharers!”
big people playing with their toys.
Barger: Stop laughing. Size doesn’t matter.
Aprey: I was laughing about your routes.
Arpey (holding A320): “They call this little bitty thing a plane?”
Barger (holding 777): “Imagine all the people stranding we could do with this …”
Not only is my plane bigger than yours but…….
I will hold yours if you will hold mine!
AA: Hah, my plane is bigger than yours!!!
JetBlue: Hah, sucks for you that it’s “only” your plane that is bigger….
If this thing wets on me I’ll kill it!!
Well, good buddy! Looks like mine IS bigger than yours! (but don’t worry, maybe yours will get bigger too… someday.)
Wow, yours is so much smaller than mine!
Oh great, thanks! This plane will fit perfectly up Glenn Tilton’s ass.
“Yes we made the seats somewhat smaller, but so far the passengers don’t seem to mind!”
-Hey man, that’s a cool lookin’ plane ya got there dude. Hey, yah…it is a cool lookin’ plane ain’t it? But you know, your plane looks cool too, you know? Yah. Whatever. Yah. Take care. Yah. you take care. Yeah? Well have a nice day. Yah, well you too, dude. Yah. Whatever.
“Don’t let Congress see that that we flew here on our personal jets or this deal will never go through!”
“OK here’s what Delta and US Airways did wrong – they didn’t bribe the FAA with free toys!”
“Hey Arpey, let’s try to win that Cranky Concierge contest so we avoid bad weather and don’t get stranded on the tarmac next trip!”
American Airlines CEO Gerard Arpey evaluates how far he can fly an A320 up Barger’s behind and pitch a tent with an AA automated check-in machine.
Arpey: I wonder how the bare metal looks under this white paint.
“Oh yeah? I bet my engine can eat your fuselage!”
My mom said said I shouldn’t snort that model airplane glue when I was a kid. Look at me now. Weeeeeeeeh!
Dave: “Hey, stop looking at my plane like that, she already has a boyfriend!”
Gerard: “You’re a pretty plane, aren’t you…. he he he.”
Mr. Arpey to Mr. Barger: “You call this an airplane??”
Mr. Barger to Mr. Arpey: “Thanks to you, now mine’s bigger than yours!”
Mr. Aprey to Mr. Barger: “And what exactly do you do with this little thing?”
Mr. Arpey to Mr. Barger: “Looks like this plane could use a little Viagra!”
Missing a few pieces of fuselage here Barger, no worries I’ll have my people give boeing a call next week
“Arpey, we’ve done it! We’ve broken the record for most penis jokes inspired by a photo!”
Thomas V. Bona
good one, and those got tired about 95 comments ago…….lol
The guy in the middle just said, “If you want to keep your jobs pretend you are happy with your bonuses.”
Arpey: That’s funny. What the hell is it?
Arpey: “I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little plane too!”
I wonder how many “your plane is bigger than my plane” jokes are going to come out of this picture?
“I’m actually laughing at your horrible livery”
Barger: For God’s sake don’t point that at your face….it might take off!
Thank God for private jets so we don’t actually have to fly on these things!
Can you believe that people actually pay to fly on these?
Wait til we tell them it’s an April Fools joke!
Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching!
I’m taking this baby home to the wife….is it battery operated or 110?
May your next plane be a masculine plane
Size REALLY does matter and mines bigger than your!
You want me to put this where?
Listen. I’m tellin’ ya. That Flyagra will work like it done did fer’ me if you just swallow that little bitty airplane capsule disguised as an Airbus model. Trust me.
I hope that mine will be as “big” as yours one day!
Arpey: “Dave, I can only imagine how many phallus jokes will be made on crankyflier.com about this silly photo op…”
Ah, Dave, so cute, and I mean that in the nicest way!
caption should read “strange bedfellows?”
“My plane’s bigger than yours.”
“Damn, you’re right.”
Where do the batteries go?!?!
Gerard Arpey: Dave, someday, when JetBlue becomes a real airline, you’ll have a … plane as big is mine.
David Barger: Gerard, someday when American gets a real CEO, you’ll have a balance sheet as good as mine.
“Mine is Bigger than Yours”
Arbus..? Airboos..? Airboss..? What is this thing called again? Arbiss..?
AA and Jetblue execs recreate their famous 2007 near-miss which reduced Mayor Bloomberg’s height by another 10%.
“See? If you stick your finger just under the fuselage, that’s the G-spot. My wife showed me.”
Hey, the guy in the pink tie – he likes your fuselage!
“Like I told you, Captain Sully strokes his at least twice before every flight.”
Gerard Arpey: -I ordered a spaceshuttle and got a midget…
“Just don’t tell our wives we fondled a couple of models on this trip”
“Into the mouth of the whale”
He doesn’t even know what hit him. He is about to get eaten alive.
I think we fit together real fine
Dave: So this is where my passengers will be subjected to your service?
Gerard: Yes, and in my hands I hold the key to happy passengers and quiet pilot unions MUAHAHAHA!
Oh Lord, I would chrome the hell out of this is someone gave me the chance!
Oh come on Gerard, It’s still bigger than your eagle planes give it a break now
Can’t get any more patiotic than this than this eh Barger. We should get our own holiday
The boys trade toys.
So even you are now having to go to downsize the fleet from the 777 to this!
Just need to send this to the paint shop and throw a red and blue stripe down the middle and call it Eagle.
aprey says, “Can I take a ride on your Disco (B6) stick?”
“Ok, on the count of 3 we’ll throw them and see if we can pop those balloons behind us!”
I know I know, he does look like Drew Carey back there, that’s the only reason I invited him!
Always make sure it has a clear view of the sky so you get those 36 channels of DirecTV.
JetBlue CEO: Arpey, how many of these you’re able to buy using your employee’s money from AA Reestructure Agreement last 2003?
American CEO: I don’t really know… I gues the equivalent of your entire fleet of THESE little things…
“Well, I don’t know why I came here tonight . . . clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you.”
Keep shaking…those cranky fliers are a ***** to get off the planes!
Thanks to everyone for entering. The winner has been chosen. And you can see it here:
http://crankyflier.com/2010/04/06/and-the-winner-is-3/
Arpey: Hee hee JetBlue will be mine… first step to world domination .. next break the Unions
Dave: I think my balls are turning blue
Of course we’re saving on fuel by miniaturizing and going green but what about the passengers and crew?