<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by flyrights:
And one mo' thang...
The reason so many of you are bent out of shape over this issue, is because it tugs at the very heart of your existance: convincing yourself that you're better than other people, and deserving of being able to step on people, when you know you shouldn't be able to... you just get an airline to do your dirty work for you..., (deboarding confirmed passengers, going to the front of the line when you have no right to, etc.).
And look at how successful Southwest has been...yes, despite the fact that they treat people fairly, AND they can STILL make money. Look at British Airways, and the handouts of welfare they get from their government... same goes for all major US airlines and many other foreign airlines.
Do you think the average working class person in some depressed part of Britain is happy that they subsidize British Airways, who clearly doesn't treat people fairly? Sure, British Airways aren't the only guilty ones... but the state of denial you people are in is rather disquieting, at best.
Jim</font>
And, once more you prove that you don't know what you are talking about. BA doesn't get state welfare, if you knew anything about European politics then you would know that state subsidies for commercial firms are bound by extremely strict rules (granted, the french don't pay much attention to that).
Jim, please just stick to playing the piano and don't pretend to know the politics of the airline industry.