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Qantas, Virgin Australia ban 'Knee Defender'
Qantas and Virgin Australia have banned the controversial Knee Defender dongle which prevents economy seats from reclining. (www.ausbt.com.au) المزيد...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I am old enough to remember the days when flying was actually enjoyable, you looked forward to it. A lot has changed since then, yes the seats are too small, and the rows are just too close. But the passangers have changed as well, their rude, obnoxious and self centered. I don't need the passanger next to me to be dressed like their going to a wedding, but give me a break, plenty look like they just rolled out of bed and never bothered to change, others look like their heading to the gym. They ignore the flight attendants and have so much carry on luggage they look like their fleeing the country. Not to mention screaming kids whos parents refuse to control. The whole overall experiance is about the same as taking a Greyhound bus. It's gotten to the point that I just don't want to get on a plane anymore, driving is starting to become the preferred means of transportation over flying (to a point). And when I have to, if I can get a business class or first class seat for not a ton of money more, I'll buy it if I have to. But I must admit that I am just not traveling as much as I once did because of just how bad the, "flying experiance" has become. And I'm sure I am not alone.
Good! The knee defender violates my seat as it attaches to it. I paid for that seat and if someone is violating my space, then I'll get up and remove it myself. It's a crock of shit!
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME CARRIERS,SUCH AS THE ILL FATED MALAYSIA AIRLINES( WHO HAS LOST THE MAJORITY OF THEIR BUSINESS DUE TO THE TWO CRASHES)THE AIRLNES ARE FOR THE MOST PART GOING OUT WITH FULL FLIGHTS..IN ORDER TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B IN MANY CASES,A PERSON MUST FLY INSTEAD OF DRIVE,AND MOST OF US DO NOT HAVE THE LUXURY OF A PRIVATE JET..ALL THE AIRLINES FOLLOW REGULATIONS WITH REGARD TO SAFETY SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF FLGHT ATTENDANTS ON BOARD,THE NUMBER OF COCKPIT CREW MWMBERS ON BOARD,OXYGEN MASKS,LIFE VESTS AND LIFE RAFTS ,THE NUMBER OF EMERGENCY EXITS ON AN AIRCRAFT,AND WHO IS ALLOWED TO BE SEATED IN THOSE EXITS,JUMPSEATS FOR CREW MEMBERS,AND THE TRAINING REQUIRED FOR BOTH THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND COCKPIT CREWS..AIRLINES ARE REGULATED..YES..BUT AS FAR AS AMENITIES SUCH AS MEALS,LEGROOM,"ENTERTAINMENT",OVERHEAD BIN SPACE,AND YES,EVEN CUSTOMER SERVICE,IT IS UP TO EACH INDIVIDUAL AIRLINE TO PROVIDE,AS AN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS,WHAT THEY FEEL THE CUSTOMERS WANT AND OR NEED..AS WE HAVE SEEN, IF ONE AIRLINE STARTS CHARGING BAGGAGE FEES FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN OVERWEIGHT OR OVERSIZED,THEY ALL DO(AND FOR THOSE WHO SWEAR BY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AS THE MODEL,THEY TOO ARE TRYING TO COMPETE WITH THE "BIG BOYS" AND ARE NO LONGER THE LITTLE FUN CARRIER THEY WERE)..IN MY YEARS AS AN EMPLOYEE OF A LARGE CARRIER,IT WAS NOT JUST THE AIRLINES OR EMPLOYEES THAT CHANGED,THE CUSTOMERS DID AS WELL..WE WENT FROM COURTEOUS,NICELY DRESSED PASSENGERS WHO TREATED THE EMPLOYEES WITH RESPECT,TO PEOPLE IN CUT OFFS,FLIP FLOPS,T SHIRTS ETCETERA(I ONCE HAD A LADY IN HAIR ROLLERS.PAJAMAS AND SLIPPERS)..THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO FLY WITH A "ME FIRST" ATTITUDE WHETHER ITS CUTTING IN LINE,PUSHING TO BOARD FIRST,USING 2 BINS FOR OVERHEAD LUGGAGE,OR PUTTING THEIR SEAT BACK TO RECLINE TO THE POINT OF TAKING SOMEONE ELSES SPACE..THE AIRLINES ARE A BUSINESS FIRST AND FOREMOST..THEY ARE NOT A RESTAURANT,A THEATER OR YOUR LVING ROOM..AS A BUSINESS,IF ENOUGH COMPLAINTS ARE RECEIVED ABOUT SEATS,THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO MAKE THEM ALL NON-RECLINING..I TOO HAVE BEEN IN SMALL CARDBOARD SEATS WITH SOMEONE SPREADING OUT NEXT TO ME AND THE ONE IN FRONT RECLINING..I UNDERSTAND THE DISCOMFORT AND THE COMPLAINTS...
Wow! That just may be the longest and tallest sentence I've ever seen!
my apologies if you were offended awaalum (aa for american airlines perhaps?) i had the caps lock on and i forgot to change back to lower case..my comments are from the heart and they do encompass more than one sentence..by using bullet points it isn't necessary to capitalize and paragraph every thought or sentence..if you disagree with my comments,that is fine..just say so..
P.S. No one bother to read this other than mary susan, as it goes into the grammar issue again (groan). Mary Susan, I'll try in the nicest possible way to explain to you it's really of no importance to me, but perhaps it will be useful to you - you haven't used bullet points, you have used ellipses, and ellipses aren't used in place of periods. I'd go into the how and why but you can just as easily google it.
Now - I'd think you'd have a thicker skin having worked in the industry for those 30 years, but I truly wasn't bashing you. As I read on and on and on and on through your post, I couldn't help but laugh. You made your point, and you also made me laugh. Nothing wrong with that. Is there?
Now - I'd think you'd have a thicker skin having worked in the industry for those 30 years, but I truly wasn't bashing you. As I read on and on and on and on through your post, I couldn't help but laugh. You made your point, and you also made me laugh. Nothing wrong with that. Is there?
no..glad I made you laugh..years in the airline business does not necessarily promote "thicker skin"..it depends on what type of person you are to begin with..there are many "internet trolls" on various sites whose sole enjoyment is not making intelligent conversation or commenting on an article,but rather making nasty or rude comments and downgrading others..i trust you are not one of those awaalum...by the way, I do have a college education and when I write,my sole purpose is not to correct someone on their grammar or writing style,but to comment on a particular topic from my viewpoint..back to the topic at hand..cardboard seats ..no..courtesy..yes..reclining onto someone ..no...making them all non reclining..yes..
Can't imagine where you came up with "offended". I thought it was hysterical.