Originally Posted by
captjns
Who would of thought this thread going beyond 1 or two posts. Quite impressive.
Perhaps some have gotten the message as the experience of an individual who has been in the profession for 37 years, travelling in civvies paying hard earned dollars for a seat on a passenger jet that conveys passengers deemed to be cusomters.
This thread would never had been established if I were jump seating. Well I can't jump seat in the US as I've been an expat for over 22 years for airlines that do stress customer service and pride amongst their ranks.
I would like to beleive that the majority of those on this site also put customer service and pride first after safety of operation.
You might want to invest those hard earned dollars on some spelling classes. Bread sticks, Cognac? OK. "Cusomters" and "beleive?" Not sure what those are.
Anyway....if you frequently buy your own tickets to get to work, you know that all domestic legacy carriers have suffered/are suffering for the similar reasons that don't plague some foreign carriers. 9/11, the US economy, deregulation, TSA, etc. For example, ask KLM, Virgin and KLM how their bottom line is working.
Finally, if you've been an expat so long, why don't you just move there? Then, you wouldn't be subjected to domestic carriers that don't offer extra breadsticks and Cognac.