Qotsaautopilot

True! Dtw long is the all time worst yet I seem to do it about four times a month. Next you'll be telling me you can't wait to go back to MAF haha

I want some Caribbean layovers. Flying out to all these places is beautiful but then we just turn around and come back

JoeyMeatballs

Agreed, 100% maybe with more airplanes and newer cities it will be unavoidable

BoredwLife

I could also go for less MSP overnights. Freaking hate that place.

RatherBGolfin

Almost twice as bad as the next one in line? Come on...really?!?!


Which Airline Has the Rudest (or Nicest) Flight Attendants?*|*George Hobica

Which Airline Has the Rudest (or Nicest) Flight Attendants?






You're probably not going to be terribly surprised by the results of the latest Airfarewatchdog.com reader poll.
The truth is, at least in my experience, most flight attendants are "nice" at least if you're nice to them. Pour on the charm, and they'll respond. That's not always the case, but here are some tips.
We polled 3,400 people, and by a wide margin, Southwest and Alaska were voted as having the nicest flight attendants and Spirit the worst, followed by Air Canada. We adjusted the results by the number of passengers carried between January and October 2013 in order not to skew the results based on airline size (the more people who fly an airline, the more flight attendants they encounter).
The results of the worst flight attendant poll:




Spirit - 26%
Air Canada - 14%
Frontier - 11%
Virgin America - 9%
Allegiant - 8%
United - 7%
US Airways - 7%
American - 5%
AirTran - 3%
Delta - 3%
Hawaiian - 3%
JetBlue - 3%
Alaska - 1%
Southwest - 1%






Since most people seem to love Virgin America (and it is indeed a pretty cool little airline) you might be surprised as I was that it came in 4th in the worst poll, even worse than tiny Allegiant. As I've noted elsewhere, I never have problems with flight attendants because I treat them with excessive courtesy but the only time I had a really bad one was in first class on Virgin America. The dude just went AWOL and when he finally showed up at the end of the flight I asked what happened, "Where'd ya go, was there an emergency back in coach?" he said "Is there a problem? That's what the call button is for." Maybe he knew I had upgraded my $150 fare with a last minute $350 upgrade and wasn't entitled to a second drink.
Harrumph.

Judge Smails

I'm raising the BS flag on this poll. Our flight attendants are very friendly IMO.

Considering it came from a site called Airfare Watchdog, participants in this poll are just dumping on the entire airline because they were ****ed about paying for a carry on or something else. There is no way our FA's are the worst, and certainly not by that margin.

RP4242

I dont know if you gave have seen (press release coming out later today) but in addition to the MCI flying we are also starting:

IAH-SAN
IAH-FLL
IAH-MSY
FLL-MSY

Their wallets though have been complaining about fares rising over 20% in MCI over a short while. That is even more important

gatorbird

And IAH-ATL, according to website.

RP4242

Yes, mea culpa

Jett i son

Agree.
I may be new at NK, but have been jump seating for years, around the country.
My worst FA encounters were, pre 911, legacy, West Coast based, and very senior.
SWA and Alaska do have great ones.
Every FA I have flown with at NK has been outstanding.
No worse than my experiences on LUV.
"Smiles are free."

ovrtake92

What I'm coming to learn is that Spirit has become the whipping boy for frustrated price sensitive consumers with unrealistic expectations. I would say that our FAs are far better equipped to deal with these unique individuals than any other airline. I've seen extremely classless passengers met with very polite class and smiles more occasions than I can count. Not sure how they do it, actually