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blueamy66

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59. I guess not...

Reply to NutmegYankee (Reply #25)

Sun Aug 3, 2014, 12:00 PM

Aug 2014

nt

Not an elitist at all. You did read where I said that we flew FC cause my Dad worked for AA, right?

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airlines are getting tough with people who bring roller bags on plane [View all] Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 OP

Might make sense depending on what they are allowed to be carrying CincyDem Aug 2014 #1

I'm old enough to remember when ONLY the flight crew had roller bags KurtNYC Aug 2014 #2

I'm old enough to remember when people dressed up to fly. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #3

Why dress up to ride in steerage? Nt NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #5

Oh, but we flew First Class. Non-rev, but FC.... blueamy66 Aug 2014 #9

I'm happy society shed that goofiness. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #13

We did. Nothing but great memories. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #15

Oh no! Don't tell me we have to rub elbows with the great unwashed masses... NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #22

I don't want to be near an unwashed person. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #24

Are you saying you didn't get that reference? Really? NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #25

I guess not... blueamy66 Aug 2014 #59

It's a common expression. (posted to blueamy66) WinkyDink Aug 2014 #61

Guess I'm not elitist enought to know that. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #64

I was reacting to your remarks about people of walmart. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #71

Well, I guess that if I didn't shop there, I wouldn't know what the other customers look like. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #76

"it's not hard to bathe and put on clean clothes....even if you're poor." uppityperson Aug 2014 #82

Are you talking about poor people or homeless people? blueamy66 Aug 2014 #84

Both, either. uppityperson Aug 2014 #98

insufferable snobbery is insufferable, innit? Tsiyu Aug 2014 #104

Whatever. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #119

Wow, haven't seen such a showing of elitism in awhile here Cal Carpenter Aug 2014 #81

oh, for fuck's sake blueamy66 Aug 2014 #83

Agreed. I never understood the whole Drahthaardogs Aug 2014 #90

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #107

Lots of people wear shorts on the East Coast. Mariana Aug 2014 #116

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Wrong. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #120

The horror! Being forced to sit with the proles! TransitJohn Aug 2014 #95

Yeah, it was horrible. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #121

You actually had PasadenaTrudy Aug 2014 #67

I spent a lot of my life when casual was the rule in R&D. However, in my early years, I worked for a RKP5637 Aug 2014 #102

Non-revenue fliers had to dress up as a condition of using those free tickets. Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #52

No....disagree.... blueamy66 Aug 2014 #63

Good, disagree all you want. I'm telling you what I saw Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #68

No, I believe that I stated that people dress like slobs now. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #77

Even when I fly to Australia, most of the people look like they found the clothes.. BlueJazz Aug 2014 #118

Red Lobster...our family restaurant....love it blueamy66 Aug 2014 #122

It's more comfortable to dress casually. Remember the bad old days when women raccoon Aug 2014 #96

Yes. Agree with a happy medium. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #97

Now they call girdles Spanx jmowreader Aug 2014 #99

I remember when the seats in 'steerage' were bigger and more comfortable than the ones in today's MADem Aug 2014 #28

I was poking fun in another post... NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #38

I didn't have wealth but in that particular instance I needed to travel! MADem Aug 2014 #46

My dad too! 35 years with AA Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2014 #8

45 for my Dad and even when they relaxed the dress code, we still dressed up. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #10

Midway and then O'Hare Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2014 #16

Southwest screwed it up. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #19

Yeah. I could get tickets for anyone at the end. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2014 #34

Was cool to be able to go on the web and see just how many seats were sold..... blueamy66 Aug 2014 #69

I live a block from Wrigley field so I'm a Cubs fan by osmosis. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2014 #111

I think those buddy passes were also a reaction to single employees without kids getting screwed, in MADem Aug 2014 #33

Could be. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2014 #50

Ha ha! It's usually best to travel alone on one of those passes! nt MADem Aug 2014 #53

So cool to read about D categories.... blueamy66 Aug 2014 #85

Yeah. The whole family got "bumped" in L.A. during the PATCO strike. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2014 #89

LOL! blueamy66 Aug 2014 #91

Or a "partner". blueamy66 Aug 2014 #78

..and smoked on flights. misterhighwasted Aug 2014 #39

Air travel today is rather like interstate bus travel when I was young, only much more tblue37 Aug 2014 #60

In many cases, air travel today has replaced bus travel. hedgehog Aug 2014 #132

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #108

Which airline was this? n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #4

i think it was united Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 #6

United is experimenting with strategies to speed up boarding, Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #58

The U.S. airlines GP6971 Aug 2014 #75

Speed Up Boarding- when you are shoving that many people into a space that held significantly KittyWampus Aug 2014 #101

Leg room? Who needs that? Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #128

WTF? LisaL Aug 2014 #7

Because people are bringing on huge, stuffed bags and hogging up the overhead bins. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #11

The planes are running out of room in the overhead spaces. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #14

Exactly. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #17

if the airlines would enforce bag-dimension rules ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #21

Where should the rule be enforced? blueamy66 Aug 2014 #23

should be checked at the time of check-in for the flight ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #27

Who checks in these days? blueamy66 Aug 2014 #29

fine...put more personnel at the gates... ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #31

Nearly everyone who checks a bag. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #42

Too bad they didn't think of that 9/11 . orpupilofnature57 Aug 2014 #36

Airline storage space will be a separate commodity, charged for . orpupilofnature57 Aug 2014 #35

Turns out charging for checked bags has repercussions. (nt) jeff47 Aug 2014 #117

+1 Johonny Aug 2014 #135

maybe MikeW Aug 2014 #12

Bingo. I think that's it Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #87

I think they are also getting tougher on loading people in sequence group 1 and group 2 etc. hedgehog Aug 2014 #18

The solution is REGULATE 1 checked bag allowed on short flights and 2 on flights of 4hr. or more JCMach1 Aug 2014 #20

i am a 2 million miler... ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #26

+1000!! I so so many also putting 2 bags in the overhead! nt Logical Aug 2014 #30

I have to agree with this. I never put more than one thing in the overhead. MADem Aug 2014 #37

if i am going to be out for more than a few days i ship sometimes ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #40

I flew DCA to DFW and the gate agents were actively having people out there bags in the sizer. tammywammy Aug 2014 #41

it would be a better world if that were the rule ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #44

oh the other annoying thing tammywammy Aug 2014 #48

i get upgraded a lot due to my status... ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #49

What airline? blueamy66 Aug 2014 #92

AA tammywammy Aug 2014 #93

I check a bag and use a bookbag for boarding. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #45

i think i love you... ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #47

I use an iPad. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #51

Length of flight does not determine length of stay, so that would be ridiculous. ScreamingMeemie Aug 2014 #54

On all the international flights I took, I eventually got tired of fighting with the peeps stuffing JCMach1 Aug 2014 #80

Few years back I flew out of La Guardia on US Air n2doc Aug 2014 #32

indeed... ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #43

from the 60's Duckhunter935 Aug 2014 #55

This post needs some Pam Ann... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #62

k+r...interesting thread. ..nt TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #56

I live in the Pacific Northwest. Coats alone take up most of the overheads in the winter. Shrike47 Aug 2014 #57

That seems odd... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #66

Tom Bihn bags PasadenaTrudy Aug 2014 #65

Why do people think getting on a plane first is a perk? Brickbat Aug 2014 #70

We fly southwest so it is a good thing - TBF Aug 2014 #74

The only advantage... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #79

Because you stand for a shorter length of time jmowreader Aug 2014 #100

I honestly can't tell if you're being serious. Brickbat Aug 2014 #110

I'm being serious jmowreader Aug 2014 #114

Well, I actually do. Brickbat Aug 2014 #115

The last time I flew, I got there at 8am for an 11am flight jmowreader Aug 2014 #126

I started flying as a child in the 1950s. Golden Raisin Aug 2014 #72

Good to know - TBF Aug 2014 #73

Is the problem the size of the bags, or the rollers? n/t pnwmom Aug 2014 #86

It's been that way for a while, at least on Alaska Airlines, Blue_In_AK Aug 2014 #88

This is why I stopped flying unless there is no other way to get there MurrayDelph Aug 2014 #94

I do the same from LA to Sacramento for work. Live and Learn Aug 2014 #113

Plus you get to choose when to leave MurrayDelph Aug 2014 #124

I blame George Clooney... n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #103

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+ 1000 !!! orpupilofnature57 Aug 2014 #129

So passengers with bad backs must choose mainer Aug 2014 #106

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I can't check my bag. mainer Aug 2014 #131

That seems to be the argument of pretty much every business traveler I'm talking about. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #134

Would you check your bag containing proprietary data on laptop? mainer Aug 2014 #136

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I have actually walked off the plane mainer Aug 2014 #138

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Human biologic materials? Pathology materials? mainer Aug 2014 #140

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #141

I am an MD and have flown path slides mainer Aug 2014 #142

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #143

Yep. And i used to work as an MD abroad. mainer Aug 2014 #144

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I want the airlines to be like they were 25 years ago. bluestateguy Aug 2014 #112

Me too blueamy66 Aug 2014 #123

Some are hoping customerserviceguy Aug 2014 #125

I LOVE that luggage has wheels. alarimer Aug 2014 #130

What people forget when talking about the glamour of flight in the old days is that hedgehog Aug 2014 #133