Comments on: If You Suck, You’re Dead

By: Wireman

Wireman — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:12:42 +0000

LOL. Geez, keep a spare plane?! At 50 million a copy I don’t think that’s too feasible to cover a 400 dollar airfare. Oh wait, the airfare was less than $400, of which the government immediately gets 28% of the ticket monies. It was mechanical, deal with it fella. If your engine was smoking or your brakes were out on your car, would you really want to drive half way across the country being responsible and liable for the hundreds of people in your back seat?!?! And do you have a spare vehicle in your drive for a situation like that? I am sure United made the right call under the circumstances and next time I suggest paying a little extra for the trip insurance.

By: Autumn Andrade

Autumn Andrade — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:55:26 +0000

I cannot agree more with this person. I have just experienced a nightmare situation with United Airlines last month around May 31st when I went to Oakland, California for a teaching job interview from Denver, Colorado. United disenfranchised me as a customer while I was buying my ticket online, from putting me on the wrong flight, making me go to the wrong airport, and then putting my luggage on the wrong flight. Needless to say, I went to my job interview at 8:30 a.m.on 4 hours of sleep after receiving my luggage at my hotel room at 2:00 that same morning, and did not get the job. How am I supposed to rectify this situation when they only have representatives on a 800 number that work out of Manila??????
I would never dream of flying on United again as long as I live!!!!!

Distraught

By: Dave Levinthal

Dave Levinthal — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:16:15 +0000

Reading this for the first time now. Such vintage PoPo. But there are ways to get airlines to give you anything if you make the right kind of stink. We’ll chat.

In the meantime, I’m going to read this again and laugh twice as hard as the first time.

By: William

William — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:24:22 +0000

United was bankrupted after 2001, and the government bailed them out. Keeping them alive means that their routes can’t be taken over by better run airlines (since the government owns airports and artificially limits compettion). Keeping them alive keeps a corporation running that doesn’t care about the market.

Why should they treat you well? They don’t need your business.

So, not only do you suffer, but better run airlines, like Southwest, suffer because it is harder for them to expand and grow.

This is playing out in banks right this minute, and as a result, in a decade or two, the banks will be really horrible to deal with.