Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Man I hear you GG. I fly a lot on us and other carriers. Buzzpat is right about American's product...it sucks. After our merger, Delta had the worst product out there. If I absolutely needed to be at a meeting, I avoided Delta at all costs. Now I fly on us almost exclusively because it's the best product of any US airline. But the one thing that drives me crazy is the sheer amount and length of PA's at Delta. It is so distracting that most do their best to tune them out. I wish we could improve on that.
Carl
I've made a half dozen PAs in the past few months. I hardly make them anymore. It is horrible sitting in the back and I don't want to add to their misery. Besides most of the As make the seat belt announcement and that suffices. They don't want to hear from us, they've got more technology back there then we do upfront to know where we are. Just are we on time?
I still am shocked over the two or three minute PA an 88 pilot gave during taxi out last year talking about how we are all tickeled pink that you are flying on Delta during beast cancer awareness month and then he began his lengthy canned PA. No idea how they got the taxi check or second engine started.
Or maybe they're one of those few who hangs out on the ramp after push to start both engines, set up the WDR then run the taxi check and checklist.
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