<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cordelli:
I too love the like a concert seat ticket thing.
I have a decent variety of food and beverage choices, though it will cost me, it's my choice
I've never had a checked bag at a concert not be there when I went to get it
If I don't like the show, I can leave early, and come back again later
I can get a full container of soda, and don't have to beg for a plastic knife.
Security at concerts is much better then security at airports for catching stuff
I can leave my cell phone and pager on the entire show
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A) You have a decent variety of drinks on board an aircraft, more so than you do at your local fast food restaurant. The choice is yours.
B) And you would have to check your bag at a concert... why? I am not aware of arenas/stadiums/concert halls allowing bags at all, not even a holding place. Many stadiums would turn you away, bag and all.
C) Using another example US Airways used, a Broadway show.... you would never be able to leave and come back later, you leave, you lose. Anyone with theatre ettiquette would be able to agree.
D) Generally, you can get a full can of soda on board an aircraft, just ask. It may not be a container, they have no space for Big gulps, but a can would surely suffice. By the way, can't get a can on Southwest or JetBlue either without asking. As far as begging for a knife.... if they had one, you would get it, if they don't have one, no point in begging, wasting a lot of your time, aren't you? That's like going to a Broadway show and expecting them to provide you with something because you decided to not to bring your own. Wait, whatever would you need a knife for at the theatre anyway? Theatres and concerts don't allow outside food and drinks.
E) I hardly doubt security at a concert would be better able to detect what is detected at airports. Theatre's don't even have security checks. But, bet that would change if a terrorist were to hijack you and other patrons while watching the opera.
F) What theatre would allow you to leave your cell phone on? I take that back, you do have the option to silence it. However, when is the last time transmissions from your cell phone interupted a show. Okay, so it hasn't been entirely proven to have done that on board a plane, but then again, who would be willing to try it and test it. Get serious.
There are many comparisons to make in regard to concert/theatre tickets and airline tickets, not all would match up, they are two different things, after all. But when you buy a concert ticket, you aren't buying a contract with the venue or performers. When you buy a ticket from an airline, you buy a contract. You can't just scalp your will on to some passerby because you don't think you are going to die. There are legalities to be handled, like so much in life. Get used to it, if you haven't already done so. Life is not fair. Air travel is something you pay for, not something you earn, to do with what you like.