Dec 4, 2015, 12:52 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
What's the stupidest, least substantive thing you can complain about?
Thread founder Blumie had the following dedicatory post to kick off the original thread in June of 2010 to guide us, so we will take our cues from that to continue this hallowed FT-AA|A tradition. (FT Rules still apply.)
What's FT if not a place to complain about the small stuff? After all, we've seen threads in which people have complained about virtually everything, from the ceiling height at JAX to the font, ink and paper used to print boarding passes. So I thought I'd start what I hope will become the one of the most valuable and important threads in the history of FT, one in which we consolidate all of our complaints about stuff that just doesn't matter and that validates AA's decision not to have an official presence on this board.
I'll go first: I find it really annoying the way the napkins are fanned before being put out at the Admirals Clubs. Is this supposed to make us feel like the place is uber-fancy? Why don't they just forget about the fanning and put out some real napkins instead of the flimsy cocktail napkins they use?
I'll go first: I find it really annoying the way the napkins are fanned before being put out at the Admirals Clubs. Is this supposed to make us feel like the place is uber-fancy? Why don't they just forget about the fanning and put out some real napkins instead of the flimsy cocktail napkins they use?
What's the stupidest, least substantive thing you can complain about?
Dec 25, 2015, 12:34 am
#556
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I find it annoying when gate agents rip the stub off the boarding pass and I only get to keep that portion. I sometimes stick my luggage tags to the back of the big part just to make sure I have an excuse to keep it.
Dec 25, 2015, 1:15 am
#557
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I hate it too as I collect my BPs. Often I'll make sure I have two copies in case they do just that.
Dec 25, 2015, 10:26 pm
#559
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Is there a reason they keep it? Can confirm that this is ever so mildly annoying.
Dec 25, 2015, 10:30 pm
#560
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As it's Christmas, I'm reminded of Home Alone 2, where Kevin runs into the woman at the gate holding all the boarding passes, and she puts him on the plane to New York because all the boarding passes are spread around.
Dec 25, 2015, 11:40 pm
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I get really frustrated because I cannot figure out what AA equipment Kevin has actually boarded. Obviously they show a 767, but it clearly cannot be this for two technical reasons:
1) he boards through L2 (impossible on an AA 767)
2) the boarding door does not slide upward but rather, hinges out...
For reason number 2, the aircraft also cannot be a DC-10, nor can it be an A300. It has to be a widebody based on the screen in the center of the F cabin which by my calculation leaves the only possible choice as a 747SP.
The movie came out towards the end of 1992, and I can't remember exactly but I believe AA still had its pair of SPs at that time, filling the gap until MD-11s entered the fleet. This though, would mean a 747SP would have had to fly from ORD to LGA at some point. My understanding though is that the runway piers at LGA are unable to support aircraft larger than a DC-10/L-1011.
So what's the deal Hollywood?
Dec 25, 2015, 11:47 pm
#562
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He boarded a completely fake mockup situated on a studio lot somewhere in Burbank. These are usually made of whatever parts can be scavenged off of planes headed for the shredder in Mojave. There are all sorts of funky fake airplane interiors floating around in Hollywood movies.
(I've spent a significant amount of time in the fake airplane business, if you can believe it, and have taken more than a couple trips out to the desert to buy airplane parts!)
(I've spent a significant amount of time in the fake airplane business, if you can believe it, and have taken more than a couple trips out to the desert to buy airplane parts!)
Dec 26, 2015, 2:12 am
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He boarded a completely fake mockup situated on a studio lot somewhere in Burbank. These are usually made of whatever parts can be scavenged off of planes headed for the shredder in Mojave. There are all sorts of funky fake airplane interiors floating around in Hollywood movies.
(I've spent a significant amount of time in the fake airplane business, if you can believe it, and have taken more than a couple trips out to the desert to buy airplane parts!)
(I've spent a significant amount of time in the fake airplane business, if you can believe it, and have taken more than a couple trips out to the desert to buy airplane parts!)
Twice in the movie they use private jets; the first one had, as is appropriate for a British spy agency, a UK registration number. The second one... had a US registration.
Dec 26, 2015, 4:59 pm
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Dec 26, 2015, 5:08 pm
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My (real) Champagne PDB on AA 72 on Wednesday was served in a stemless generic wine glass and it held twice as much wine as a normal Champagne flute.
The caviar canapé had Osetra caviar, instead of Beluga.
The caviar canapé had Osetra caviar, instead of Beluga.
Dec 26, 2015, 5:14 pm
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Dec 26, 2015, 8:14 pm
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Dec 27, 2015, 7:26 pm
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The "Advanced Search" flight booking option at aa.com is so...graphically unpleasing. The main page is nice, then I click that link and am transported back to 1990. Maybe they could at least include a photo of Bill & Ted sitting on their telephone booth time machine?