Cranky Jackass
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United Jacks Up Change Fees, Earns the Cranky Jackass Award
You all know that I like fees. I think having ancillary fees lets people pick and choose what they want when they…
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Argentina Earns the Cranky Jackass Award for Propping Up Aerolineas Argentinas at the Expense of Real Competition
There have been so many good news stories about aviation in Latin America lately that it seems like everything is going well.…
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United Blames Southwest, City of Houston for Its Own Problems in Houston, Earns the Cranky Jackass Award
When United decided to fight Southwest’s effort to get international facilities at Houston’s Hobby airport, I didn’t blame the airline. After all,…
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Pacific Wings Earns the Cranky Jackass Award For a Spiteful Website
The EAS Flights blog stumbled on something yesterday that may be a new low for this industry. In fact, it’s childish enough…
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UNITE HERE Strikes Back: Tries to Cover Bad Analysis By Insulting Cranky, Earns the Jackass
If you decide to put out bad analysis, as UNITE HERE did last week regarding Lufthansa complaints, and someone calls you on…
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Topic of the Week: The New Cranky Jackass Award
This is just way too cool. A reader who asked to be identified as Johosofat had a project in his high school…
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American’s Spin On Ending Same Day Standby Earns the Cranky Jackass Award
Earlier this week, American decided to stop offering free same day standby to customers who aren’t elite members in the AAdvantage program.…
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Association of European Airlines Shows Disregard for the Public, Earns a Cranky Jackass Award
You might have seen the Cardinal’s guest post here on Cranky a couple weeks ago on the Association of European Airlines’ (AEA)…
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A Cranky Jackass for the Death of American’s Aviation Safety Action Program
There was some disturbing news out of the Metroplex last week when American’s pilots announced that the Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP)…
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United’s Meal Charges Earn the Cranky Jackass Award
United really is a sad, confused airline, isn’t it? For an airline that just two days ago stated that it had put…
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Dangerous Go Arounds Earn the AP the Cranky Jackass Award
You know that feeling when you see a news report from a reputable news source that is just so insanely wrong that…
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A Cranky Jackass for the Southwest Not-So-Hotties
You might be surprised to know that it’s not just airlines that can get the Cranky Jackass award. Today, I have the…