What is Southwest airlines Nuts ?

Why in the world would they let us see what goes on at that airline on the
show AIRLINE
on A&E Mondays at 8:00pm eastern.

They overbook and strand passengers and families headed for vacations booked
months in advance.
Remove paying passengers from the plane to accommodate deadheading crew.

I am sure it is written into a law favoring the airline that they can do
this but still it makes me think twice about flying them.

That airline is pure hell. I used to travel 250,000 miles a year for
business, all domestic. I refused and still refuse to fly them. It's
no better then the Greyhound bus.

It's no different from any other airline. The show is about the day to day
issues the airline and pacs have. Grow up and get over it.

--
Jim

carry on

"569" wrote in message
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That airline is pure hell. I used to travel 250,000 miles a year for
business, all domestic. I refused and still refuse to fly them. It's
no better then the Greyhound bus.


Well, you get what you pay for. That is the market that Southwest caters to.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"569" wrote in message
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That airline is pure hell. I used to travel 250,000 miles a year for
business, all domestic. I refused and still refuse to fly them. It's
no better then the Greyhound bus.


Well, you get what you pay for. That is the market that Southwest caters
to.

Southwest flies more passengers by far than any other airline and is one of
a few actually making money. If other airlines want to survive it is the
Southwest model they will have to adopt.

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"569" wrote in message
oups.com...
That airline is pure hell. I used to travel 250,000 miles a year for
business, all domestic. I refused and still refuse to fly them. It's
no better then the Greyhound bus.


Well, you get what you pay for. That is the market that Southwest caters
to.

Southwest flies more passengers by far than any other airline and is one
of
a few actually making money. If other airlines want to survive it is the
Southwest model they will have to adopt.

Southwest is the most profitable, but although some other airlines have
tried to copy them, they have so far not been nearly as successful.

I wonder if business travelers should bother with the airlines at all
anymore.

"C J Campbell" wrote:
I wonder if business travelers should bother with the airlines at all
anymore.

??

What's the alternative for most of them? High-power bigwigs who can
justify charter or private jet travel are a small fraction of business
travelers.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

I read an article recently that most business travelers that used to fly on
trips
of 300 miles or less, now drive. This is where being a pilot really pays
off.
I've flown myself on trips like this(and longer) where other guys have
driven.
Can't blame them. After driving to the airport, getting there 2 hours early
for
security, praying your flight leaves on time(or at all), it's easier to
drive.



"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"569" wrote in message
oups.com...
That airline is pure hell. I used to travel 250,000 miles a year for
business, all domestic. I refused and still refuse to fly them.
It's
no better then the Greyhound bus.


Well, you get what you pay for. That is the market that Southwest
caters
to.

Southwest flies more passengers by far than any other airline and is one
of
a few actually making money. If other airlines want to survive it is the
Southwest model they will have to adopt.

Southwest is the most profitable, but although some other airlines have
tried to copy them, they have so far not been nearly as successful.

I wonder if business travelers should bother with the airlines at all
anymore.

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote:
I wonder if business travelers should bother with the airlines at all
anymore.

??

What's the alternative for most of them? High-power bigwigs who can
justify charter or private jet travel are a small fraction of business
travelers.

The vast majority of corporate level flying is now done by middle level
managers. Corporate aviation is very competitive with the airlines when you
consider the cost of transporting a workgroup to and from a distant airport,
getting them through security, arranging their schedule around that of the
airline, and possibly putting them up for a day or two instead of having
them return right away.

What if, for example, Microsoft wants to send a team from Redmond to Intel
in Hillsboro? They could drive, which takes about six hours each way. They
could take Horizon, showing up two hours early for the flight, etc., again
taking about six hours each way. Or they could charter a King Air and have
everybody down there in an hour and back that afternoon for less than the
cost of the air fare. Hmmm. What to do? What to do?

C J Campbell wrote:

What if, for example, Microsoft wants to send a team from Redmond to Intel
....
cost of the air fare. Hmmm. What to do? What to do?

Buy a Macintosh? :-P

Stefan