NBC: 8 things airlines will never tell you. - Page 3

#21

KC10 FATboy , 09-23-2009 04:18 PM

Gets Weekends Off

Hmmmmm, riooooooght. Mooooaaaahhhhhhh. Moooooaaaaahhhhhh. (My lame Dr. Evil interpretation)

Consider this ... their news and commentary shows aren't there to tell you the news. And the ponds who work there know it but will never admit to it.

#22

11Fan , 09-23-2009 04:31 PM

Working Class Dog

Yeah FATboy, that was not one of the better impersonations

I prefer to think outside of the box and get my news from a source that I trust, and is going to give me the opportunity to make up my own mind.

#23

KC10 FATboy , 09-23-2009 04:35 PM

Gets Weekends Off

Oh, did you know that the company you prefer, is actually owned by a MEDIA company ... not corporate america or the government?

But yet, the sheeple still don't understand why they are #1.

#24

11Fan , 09-23-2009 04:44 PM

Working Class Dog

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.

#25

forgot to bid , 09-23-2009 05:48 PM

veut gagner à la loterie

You're talking about this:

CABLE NEWS RACE
THURSDAY NITE, SEPT 10

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,609,000
FOXNEWS BECK 3,340,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,986,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,522,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,362,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 2,040,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,573,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,164,000
CNN KING 965,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 882,000
MSNBC SCHULTZ 734,000
CNN COOPER 691,000

and this

Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for September 17, 2009

P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 3,238,000viewers
CNN— 1,054,000 viewers
MSNBC –1,123,000 viewers
CNBC – 259,000 viewers
HLN – 813,000viewers

#26

tortue , 09-26-2009 12:40 AM

Gets Weekends Off

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoCalGuy

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.

#27

Freightpuppy , 09-27-2009 11:45 AM

Freightmama!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

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?

Amen to all that especially the bold comment!