WSJ Best and Worst airline of 2018
01-18-2019, 02:17 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by Carlsbad
And yet.........
Best airlines to be a pilot for:
1. Delta
2. United
3. American
4. Southwest
5. Alaska
6. JetBlue
7. Spirit
8. Frontier
Meaning?........
As pilots, who gives a ****
Best airlines to be a pilot for:
1. Delta
2. United
3. American
4. Southwest
5. Alaska
6. JetBlue
7. Spirit
8. Frontier
Meaning?........
As pilots, who gives a ****
01-20-2019, 06:55 AM
#22
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Originally Posted by NoCheesePlates
And what data did you take into account to form your theory? I'll bet a ton of folks would debate your thesis.
Can’t be for the crew meals.
01-20-2019, 08:29 AM
#23
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Originally Posted by TrojanCMH
I dunno. Don’t know if I can do FedEx or UPS backside flying. It’s not for everyone. But they are great companies and I have many friends at both of them.
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01-20-2019, 08:39 AM
#24
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Originally Posted by Thrust Hold
IDK, I do about 50% Night and 50% Datime Flying and have only been on property 2 years. Never do any Night Hub turns either. I was pleasantly surprised how easy it is to avoid some of those brutal schedules everyone fears so much.
01-20-2019, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Thrust Hold
IDK, I do about 50% Night and 50% Datime Flying and have only been on property 2 years. Never do any Night Hub turns either. I was pleasantly surprised how easy it is to avoid some of those brutal schedules everyone fears so much.
Didn’t realize this. I retract my statement then.
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01-20-2019, 05:04 PM
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My brother and sister in law just flew Spirit. They couldn’t open the cargo door to retrieve their bags. They were told that they would have to wait 4 hrs at the airport to file a claim for their bags and that they wouldn’t deliver them because “we don’t do that.” What? Above these other airlines?
01-20-2019, 05:16 PM
#28
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Originally Posted by Hilltopper89
My brother and sister in law just flew Spirit. They couldn’t open the cargo door to retrieve their bags. They were told that they would have to wait 4 hrs at the airport to file a claim for their bags and that they wouldn’t deliver them because “we don’t do that.” What? Above these other airlines?
01-20-2019, 06:16 PM
#29
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Originally Posted by FNGFO
No other airline has had a mechanical issue that inconvenienced the passengers. Ever.
01-20-2019, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Hilltopper89
You’re kidding right? Sorry...airlines should deliver bags when they’re not on the belt. Not send them to email then say “we don’t deliver bags” when the cargo door is jammed closed. At DAL, AA, UAL, you’d go home, call later, talk to a human, and the next morning your bag would be on your doorstep. At Spirit they tell you your bag isn’t late til 4 hrs after and you cant make a claim online or even on the phone with an actual person. You have to stay at the airport and make a claim 4 hours later. Even then they won’t deliver it even though they know exactly where it is and that it was their fault. Your argument is ridiculous. It’s not that airlines dont have problems. It’s that Spirit doesn’t give a $hit. Top 4 airline though.
I think this is the second year in a row that NKS has finished number 1 in mishandled bags. Which tells me that your one off story is just that.
