Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Flights in the US

Flights in the US are supposed to the most bare-boned of them all - Service on most flights is just a little bit above Air Deccan levels - With a tiny bag of pretzels and a few drops of soda being the pretty much the summary of inflight service.

Apparently, things were a lot better before 9/11, but I am unable to comment on that as my flight in the US was in 2002.

Recently, I was on an American Airlines flight where a passenger asked for a pillow. He was told that pillows were not free anymore - He could "buy" the pillow if he wanted and take it home!

I am waiting for the day when you have to buy your own seatbelt ... Or worse still, imagine the pilot making this announcement - "This is an emergency, there is low pressure in the cabin, please swipe your credit card for oxygen!"

3 Comments:

Anand said...

I have traveled pre-9/11 and post 9/11. The only difference I see is the time spent @ airports.

2 hrs early for a 1 hr flight.

Being a frequent flyer I used to carry my own neck rest pillow. Never cared about the food they gave bcos you could bring our own food pre-9/11.

The worst is AA. They treat you like dirt. Hope I could sell miles :-(

Wed Aug 22, 07:27:00 PM EDT  
Shyam said...

Yikes! Talk about a nightmare situation!

Tue Aug 28, 10:31:00 AM EDT  
punkparamasivan said...

well, recently- i was travelling in paramount airlines- which is started by a young madurai guy,....
the main thing is, the airline gives the best besttttt service i hv seen in air-service in india so far- i can say,
no standing in Q for getting the boarding pass,
we are greeted by a welcome drink in the airport itself & our lauages taken as soon as we enter the airport
and every passengers are allowed to the waiting lounges,
amazing food served, & so on,

really, i was so proud that a madurai guy did that....
and even wrote him a wishing notes,
wish soon, like mittals our business ppl too show, wt quality serivce we indian can give.... in every field

Tue Aug 28, 04:52:00 PM EDT  

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