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Old Feb 3, 2020 | 2:45 am
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Originally Posted by trooper
It still remains a simple fact that airlines (in certain parts of the world) are being made to pay for delays that other industries are not. Tell me why a tradesman can turn up 4 hours late...or call 4 hours late and say he won't be there at all, (but can rebook for tomorrow) and that is somehow "OK", but if an airline in Europe affects me the same way, they owe me a wad of cash. Why do only airlines have to "manage " their resources to achieve certain punctuality standards? Why no "deterrent" on other businesses "running things too close to the line"?
So you have experience with businesses that don't meet your expectations... but you don't want anything done about it? Why would improving the airline industry make your life worse? The inequality would really bother you? Sounds like you'd be happy if every industry was crap, as long as they are equally crap.
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