Comments on: Southwest Says Mechanical Issues Are Beyond Its Control, But It’s Not as Bad as You Might Think

By: CF

CF — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:56:03 +0000

I’d say that had they flown you with that safety issue instead of delaying the flight to fix it, then they would be unreliable! This happens to every airline, and Frontier is now different. You just got unlucky, I’m afraid.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:39:56 +0000

Frontier delayed a flight which caused a domino effect and I missed my connecting flight to New York. Thus, causing me to miss a Spider Man show the following day. I lost approx. $1200 because of a “safety” issue on one of their aircraft. Or they in any way reliable?

By: Market Researcher

Market Researcher — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:07:42 +0000

You are correct that the rest of the contract of carriage goes on to back that up

By: jungle resorts

jungle resorts — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:36:20 +0000

I have twice turned down joining a union at jobs because of the handcuffs they place on their members.

By: SEAflyer

SEAflyer — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:23:46 +0000

What I want to know is: does “snakes on a plane” fall into Column A or Column B???

By: Reading Around on August 1st | B12 Solipsism

Reading Around on August 1st | B12 Solipsism — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:01:34 +0000

[...] Southwest Says Mechanical Issues Are Beyond Its Control, But It’s Not as Bad as You Might Thin… – Many of you have already heard that in its contract of carriage, Southwest has now decided that mechanical issues are outside the airline’s control. How do I know? Because I’ve received more email from readers on this issue than any other, I believe. It’s amazing how this has grabbed people’s attention. The reality of this, however, is not as dire as many are suggesting. [...]

By: baghsarai

baghsarai — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:30:53 +0000

Union action is hardly controlable by the company. I guess if the company fired all workers involved in an “action” then it might be under their control, but that is it.

By: Toni

Toni — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:20:59 +0000

“sea kitten attack” would have to happen in the water, right? Soooo, wouldn’t THAT be under the airline’s control? (and as an ex-airline crew scheduler married to an airline pilot, I found the “drunk pilot” joke hilarious…maybe you should have said, “pilots doing their bids instead of paying attention in the cockpit?”)

By: Alex Hill

Alex Hill — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:05:02 +0000

I think that Brett very clearly equates the probability of a drunk pilot with an alien invasion! ;)

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:59:58 +0000

Brett, I enjoy reading your blog, but the “drunk pilot” jokes are offensive. Such incidents, while newsworthy, are not at all common and do not reflect the profession as a whole in one bit. It might get a chuckle from your road-warrior readers, but I expect better from you.