06-06-2024, 05:04 AM
"the average *profit* an airline earns per passenger per flight is between $6.00 and $20.00."
With the recent influx of sheer lunacy on board flights these days, I am surprised that the airlines have not banded together to lobby for a law to be enacted that, in addition to any criminal penalties AUTOMATICALLY, without ability to change, regardless of reason(s), puts ANY passenger causing ANY disturbance that requires preflight ejection, or during flight crew/other passenger intervention, restraint and/or requires deviation and landing prior to original destination - be put on a lifetime ban of ever flying again on any airline. Even if it means that one day a flight for medical intervention is needed to save their life - well bub, you're dead. Also extended to all cross-country forms of transportation - i.e., Amtrack, Greyhound etc. to the extent possible. Polish up your hitchhiking thumb!
"Cockpit visits and a wings pin for the kiddos."
9/11 did away with all that. Neil deGrasse Tyson once gave a good explanation about that - in that pre 9/11, the airlines procedure with any hi-jacking attempt was to negotiate and placate the hi-jackers so they did not injure or kill anyone, including opening the cockpit door for direct dialogue with the Captain. Post 9/11, no matter how many passengers the hi-jackers are killing in the back of the plane, the cockpit door isn't going to be opened. Period.
You can still get kiddy wings. Albeit plastic ones and not the lead painted molded lead ones from the old days!
"I paid more to park my car at KOA than what I paid for a rental car at the destination"
Please by all means share where you can rent a car for $24.00 a day.
"except for the bags of nuts?
OK, time to see how old everybody is! - Who remembers this gem:?
With the recent influx of sheer lunacy on board flights these days, I am surprised that the airlines have not banded together to lobby for a law to be enacted that, in addition to any criminal penalties AUTOMATICALLY, without ability to change, regardless of reason(s), puts ANY passenger causing ANY disturbance that requires preflight ejection, or during flight crew/other passenger intervention, restraint and/or requires deviation and landing prior to original destination - be put on a lifetime ban of ever flying again on any airline. Even if it means that one day a flight for medical intervention is needed to save their life - well bub, you're dead. Also extended to all cross-country forms of transportation - i.e., Amtrack, Greyhound etc. to the extent possible. Polish up your hitchhiking thumb!
"Cockpit visits and a wings pin for the kiddos."
9/11 did away with all that. Neil deGrasse Tyson once gave a good explanation about that - in that pre 9/11, the airlines procedure with any hi-jacking attempt was to negotiate and placate the hi-jackers so they did not injure or kill anyone, including opening the cockpit door for direct dialogue with the Captain. Post 9/11, no matter how many passengers the hi-jackers are killing in the back of the plane, the cockpit door isn't going to be opened. Period.
You can still get kiddy wings. Albeit plastic ones and not the lead painted molded lead ones from the old days!
"I paid more to park my car at KOA than what I paid for a rental car at the destination"
Please by all means share where you can rent a car for $24.00 a day.
"except for the bags of nuts?
OK, time to see how old everybody is! - Who remembers this gem:?