News and notes from around the interweb:
- JetBlue’s CEO: “We just simply can’t afford to offer the best in every area.”
- Is United treating some two day trips as part of the same duty day in order to avoid giving flight attendants a full night’s rest? Modern scheduling software is rough. United says what they are doing is legal and applies only to a small number of trips. Of course this couples with cutting the number of flight attendants for long haul business class and it seems like itmso all adds up to less good service for customers.
- Drunk woman abuses, spits at Air India crew when they wouldn’t serve her more alcohol. The reason this is news is that this happened and she wasn’t even an Air India pilot.
- Radisson double elite nights and points since we’re now in the slow period for business travel, natch.
- Here’s what Amazon walked away from in Atlanta — are you Delta flyers jealous?
What Georgia offered Amazon: A state-funded academy to train its employees. An exclusive lounge – with free parking – at the world’s busiest airport. A dedicated car on MARTA. And more than $2B in publicly-funded incentives. #gapol https://t.co/cyG7ME6qhN
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) November 14, 2018
- When a passenger complained their row didn’t have a window, a flight attendant drew one. Gives new meaning to ‘Words From the Window Seat’ on American Airlines.
窓が無い座席だったので隣のお兄さんがＣＡさんにクレームをつけたら、上空の景色書いて貼り付けてくれたwww pic.twitter.com/FJv6kJnwnD
— こぉ↑すけ@しおりおし (@kooo_TmS_suke) November 5, 2018
Gary – You have several typos in this post including the title; you may want to proofread.
Happy to see that drunk low-life BDS leader in trouble
If United cuts the number of fight attendants on long-haul flights that means less bad service. Less bad is good. Right?
Amazon right in the heart of the biggest city. BRILLIANT. 8 MILLION locals now have access to its products and services IN A NEW YORK MINUTE. BRILLIANT. Welcome to NYC, Amazon!
Does SeatGuru show that window seat?
@ Gary — As a Georgia taxpayer, I am thrilled that Amazon selected another state to bleed dry. It is disgusting to me that Georgia feels the need to give away my tax money to the richest company in the world.
Jet Blue Technology Ventures – what a joke! They can’t tell you with any degree of accuracy the status of any particular flight. They converted their web site in mid October and I haven’t had a flight post to my True Blue account since then. if they can’t keep track of their planes or frequent flier accounts, I’m not sure they should be in the technology venture business until they can get the basics done right. .
@Gene +1, best thing to happen to us.
The chutzpah to make a MARTA car solely dedicated to AMZN employees, in a system locally funded (county level), is amazing.
I live near the proposed area – the local infrastructure is already at overcapacity.