Originally Posted by MIKESILV
Interesting posts from some mostly non-regular AA flyers, especially the hilarious USair "is a better airline than AA" part.
FYI USair is in some serious trouble and is the most likely to go under.
Look I know AA had some serious computer problems last weekend but that had been compounded by very usual weather in Florida for over two weeks now ( believe or not - stalled cold front) which had disturbed the normal afternoon showers to occur at just about anytime but lots of rain have been falling in the early mornings and is got to have affected lots of flights its even affected shipping.
mike
I know that statistically my 10 or so AA flights this year are relatively meaningless. As are my 30 or so USAir flights this year. But at some point when is a string of "bad luck" on one airline more than just that?
Interestingly I read that the delay on Sunday morning (which hit USAir as well, for an additional hour) caused 204 cancellations on AA and only 20 cancellations on USA.
As I said, I don't have any allegiance to any airline. If the folks at USAir treated me the way AA did and acted the way AA did (like it was my fault or something) I would stop flying them as well. But thankfully they have not, and hopefully they will never treat me this way. Simply put...I won't tolerate it, and no one else should have to. While I am not the type to rant and rave at employees of any company, I do vote with my dollars very frequently.
Does anyone else out there think that I was crazy for asking to be put on the upgrade list for being stranded for 3 days? I asked to be put on the list...not for a guranteed upgrade. I gave them a VERY easy option to at least save a little face with me. I didn't get angry with anyone at the airline...I politely asked about this and they acted like I was asking for the world. Again..its not the getting stranded part that bothers me. Thats life in the world of travel sometimes. It was the way many of the employees treated me that got me irked. I've been stranded before, will be stranded again, but will never tolerate the poor service I received the other day.
Oh well...I have to deal with these guys one last time on Saturday for an STX to Orlando trip. Hopefully things will go smoothly.
Sean