Drudge carries the ratings of Cable News. More often than not, the top 6-8 are all on the same place. That in itself tells a pretty big story. Anyway, we better be careful, this will evolve into TOS issues. Besides, I need to go see if I Tivo'd David Letterman so I can erase it. After Bill though.
One of the "CO-Stars" sitting in the big seat up front took it upon himself to ring the FA "come here" button to show her....via his IPhone....that the WX to the west of IAH was "not that bad". He was curious "why the Capt." was electing to sit on the ground to further "his" delay while waiting for a reroute to LAX. When the FA called and told us this, I could see the veins in the Capt's neck begin to pulse!!....the Capt's PAX PA that followed was pure comedy, aimed very much at our friend in first class. Wish I could have recorded it!
You can thank the iPhone commercial with an alleged crewmember saying how he pulled up wx on his iphone and called up his dispatcher. I've been in several ground stops in back when some witty pax pulls out the iphone and starts pulling up wx on the destination, claiming its "clear". for fun, i took my iphone out and showed them the faa advisory database showing them the actual ground stop. works both ways.
1a - When your child does the deuce in their pants - please fix the situation before boarding.
(true story - during boarding we had a mom work her way against the flow & whip her ~6 year old daughter's pants off in First Class because she needed the extra space... I could not believe it... the Lead F/A sounded like Adam Sandler ... welcome aboard, hello, good morning, wel - HEY! PUT THAT KIDS PANTS BACK ON HER!)
Inevitably it turns out these are the $1 over non-rev Priceline Specials. The same folks who show up at the gate demanding (always in this order):
1. First Class upgrade for some perceived fault in the security, weather, or special assistance request
2. Exit Row window
3. Bulkhead
4. Isle seat
5. Four other passengers be relocated so they can sit near their (girlfriend, child, aged parent)
I understand the whole sale of seats for incremental last minute revenue, but for the rest of us who buy the expensive fully refundable last minute seats for business travel - we'd sure like to avoid the Priceline Customer - who always packs like a refugee - and enjoy and extra empty center seat every now and then. As more and more Executives and even Government Officials are being forced by austerity programs to ride in back, maybe they'd like a little return to decency too.
The airlines offer a nice product with better seating and in-flight entertainment. What makes travel miserable is the rudeness of the other customers.
From row 14, we'd probably prefer to pay a little more and reduce the load factor by a few percentage points. Maybe they could zone the priceline seats, rearmost rows, anyone?
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