Stinky The Clown
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Mon Sep-27-10 11:22 AM
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Just announced: Southwest just bought AirTran |
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http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2010/09/27/southwest-airtran-deltas-nightmare-year-continues/Delta is taking a hit as a result as it puts some very stiff price competition right into Atlanta.
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Chipper Chat
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Mon Sep-27-10 11:53 AM
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1. I hope they didn't buy those awful AirTran commercials as well. |
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Mon Sep-27-10 11:59 AM
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Delta was the ones who started that "luggage fee" shit too.
And the other airlines followed their lead -- EXCEPT Southwest.
It's gonna be interesting.....
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Stinky The Clown
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Mon Sep-27-10 12:11 PM
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3. Delta deserves to get their asses kicked. They still live in 1985. |
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Southwest is where flying is now. AirTran and jetBlue are the result. Now it will be just JetBlue and Southwest.
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Mon Sep-27-10 12:35 PM
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4. they should charge for carry on |
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cause that is where the delay crap starts.
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Mon Sep-27-10 04:30 PM
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5. "Thank you for flying ValuJet", Michael Moore says. |
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AirTran used to be ValuJet. They changed their name after the horrific crash in the Florida Everglades that you may remember.
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Stinky The Clown
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Mon Sep-27-10 04:36 PM
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6. Yup ..... illegal O2 cannisters in the belly. |
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Mon Sep-27-10 04:39 PM
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Southwest, as a corporation, seems to be able to make money pretty much hand over fist while the rest of the "big" airlines out there struggle despite tacking on more and more additional fees.
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Sen. Walter Sobchak
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Mon Sep-27-10 05:51 PM
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10. and they do it with some of the highest wages in the industry |
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Funny how having a workforce that isn't completely disgruntled and angry can work out.
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Mon Sep-27-10 05:29 PM
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if it werent for them poorer people like me would probably not be able to travel and see much of the rest of the country.
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Sen. Walter Sobchak
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Mon Sep-27-10 05:50 PM
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9. Giving Southwest a larger club to beat the legacies with can only be good |
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and before the uninformed begin to whine Southwest is contrary to popular belief unionized.
Delta Airlines on dropping my passport behind the podium while boarding an international flight: "Don't hold up my line asshole, check the lost-and-found when you get back"
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Mon Sep-27-10 06:40 PM
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I actually liked AirTran... cheap business class and assigned seats.
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