at the airtrain can you check bags or not i have been told that you can check bags and another story saying that you can check bags

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emmett w. smith jr.

I've read that the passenger's bags are destroyed when the cargo holds burn, so I would presume that they will be happy to accept your checked luggage.

This was a very tasteless comment to make.



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Friends don't let friends fly RJ's
I am not real smart, but I can lift heavy things.

Oops, I just realized that the question was about airtrain and not airtran. You can safely ignore my comment about airtrain.

http://www.portnynj.com/airtrainnewa...ces.index.html

You would think it would be mentioned if it were available.

It was originally planned, but scrapped post-Sept 11, which essentially ruled out all off-airport bag check.

what about airtrain?

[This message has been edited by fly co to see the yanks (edited 11-07-2002).]

Like that was less tasteless?

I hope your sense of humor doesn't catch up with you.

Please explain how it was tasteless.

The reference was to Airtran #956 which caught on fire. Cargo was destroyed and some of the floor in the business class section was destroyed. No one was hurt, but cargo (luggage, etc) and parts of the aircraft were destroyed.

http://www.airsafetyonline.com/indepth/airtran956/

I don't think it was tasteless to point out that ValuJet DBA AirTran has an abominable safety record.

AirTran's record speaks for itself. It is not and has never been a safe airline. This fact is not altered by AirTran's replacement of most of its older aircraft with 717's, because its safety and maintenance practices continue to be deficient.

The type of airline that wants the public to forget about its safety problems is the same type of airline that will allow its employees to forget about safety as well. To run a safe airline, you have to have a total safety culture. At 35,000 feet you cannot pull over; there is no room for error.

Thanks to dbaker and all those who do not let us forget about safety and who help to hold companies like AirTran accountable for their bad actions.

jh

[This message has been edited by JaredH (edited 11-07-2002).]

Yep. Mmm-hmm. Whatever you all want to say.

Like I said, I just hope it doesn't catch up with you.

I checked my bags at the Airtrain station in August. Unless something has changed in the meantime, you should be able to. By the way, they scan the bags for explosives in a little room right off the checkin counters while you wait outside.

Paging Rudi.

from time to time it seems necessary to congratulate our FlyerTalk oldie and clown emmett_s (junior) about the way he still 'gets' some FT-colleagues here on this board with his 'jester'-topics.

Have fun (all of you!)

It was tasteless because there was an accident involving a cargo hold fire with ValueJet, the precursor to Airtran. All lives were lost.

If a family member of yours was on the flight, you probably would not be joking about it.



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Friends don't let friends fly RJ's
I am not real smart, but I can lift heavy things.