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Old 04-22-2008 | 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbine26
"We'll gladly stop to accomadate you"? No you wont, the capt will call the atc facility and complain someone was getting preferential service. AAL does have the slowest taxi rate in the industry and also the highest complainers rate to atc. AAL gives atc problems almost anywhere they fly with the slow taxi speeds, complaining when we let someone go past you, wanting to push when you don't have your #'s, or we'll have our #'s when we get to the end as you slow ever more and still don't have your #'s. Other airlines wonder why atc just doesn't always put AAL at the back instead of letting them be a roadblock. The reason we don't is AAL thinks they are doing nothing wrong and are the 1st to complain about their "perceived preferential teatment" which means paperwork, pulling tapes, talking to the controllers involved. There is no one outside AAL that doesn't think they are the slowest in the industry.
And no one is disagreeing with you. We don't necessarily look at our slowness in a bad way, mind you.

I for one do not complain when someone is put ahead of us. I have heard and flown with some CAs who have complained, to which I always respond that we're paid by the minute.

Go ahead, put us in the back of the pack. You won't hear a peep outta me!

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