The last time someone in the airlines tried that with me, a press badge
turned them several shades of grey. They don't think the government will do
something against you. What they think is that the threat of such will make
people shut up and give the employee his/her ten second power trip, and that
if you do complain, no one will listen and your complaints will be dismissed
into the round file. Countering that with the threat of having several
hundred thousand people hear about their actions the next day, with their
names attached (which I have already done several times, with great
success), works wonders.

By the same token, it is important that we as the consumer community, don't
just walk around with chips on our shoulders. The vast, vast majority of TSA
employees have exactly one thing on their mind -- doing their jobs right in
order to protect lives. If you treat them with respect, you'll be surprised
how much respect they will show to you. Many of the airline ticket counter
and flight crew employees have taken huge pay cuts to help keep the airlines
in business and keep their jobs. That causes a lot of stress, with the
associated consequences. When you are treated well, you should also take the
time to write to the company and tell them about it.

"Peter Gottlieb" wrote in message
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This makes sense. This administration makes a priority of silencing
dissent
and then believing their policies are wonderful because they hear no
complaints...


"Stu Gotts" wrote in message
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Probably the rudeness is escalated with the airline's newly formed
Nazi powers given to them by your federal government. In other words,
NEVER complain while you're in the air. It may be cause for arrest!




Was this flight from the mainland? IF not, why do you need to watch a
movie for a 40 minute flight? I just returned from the Islands 1 week
ago and had good service on both Hawaiian and Aloha airlines.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure your experience sucked. The worst
service I received on our flight was our last hop home on Northwest.
Talk about rude customer serivce. Oh well, too bad an airline
reputation is made by the person making the lowest amount an hour in
pay.

Don't remember the bad time, but remember the fun you had with your
girlfriend.