Originally Posted by
Bonehead
You know, folks, we have been very fortunate to have Scott as our liaison and advocate lo these many months (or is it now years?).
I never said anything bad about
CO Insider. I do not believe that this idea was his, though if it is I'd get over it. I still like him personally and look forward to sharing another drink or three with him next time we happen to be in the same city.
Originally Posted by
Bonehead
Scott, please know that most of us are very appreciative of what you do here, and these types of comments are not the norm.
Show me one post from someone who thinks this is a good idea. The comments that the change is bad for customers are absolutely the norm.
Originally Posted by
Bonehead
To the posters who for some reason need to make crude and inappropriate remarks, shame on you. We can debate these changes in a civil manner, and perhaps by doing so Continental will listen to us and who knows, maybe roll them back. If these comments are the best that we can do, then I think we have a problem.
I can still think that the plan is very bad for the customer and not without some uncertainty in terms of its benefit to the airline. If I wanted to make crude and inappropriate comments I'm quite sure that the FlyerTalk filter would catch the vast majority of the more "choice" comments.
The fact is that this change is NOT good for passengers. It makes things much worse for us, actually. And CO has gone beyond other carriers in choosing to not waive the charge for top tier elites, making this change even worse. When the SDC was introduced some people were happy and some didn't care. And some figured they'd just continue to operate the way they always did - flying as normal standby passengers. That option has been removed and there doesn't seem to be any real upside for us as passengers. So we're annoyed by the change and pointing out that it is bad for us. Considering the number of people who accuse this board of being a bunch of CO proselytizers, I'd think that some anti-CO venom being displayed would be welcome.
I haven't attacked anyone personally in my posts; I'd appreciate if you'd consider doing the same.