DL Does Well
Jan 9, 2014 | 6:23 am
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DL Does Well
DL looks rather good in today's WSJ survey/story.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...08640380117768
If something can't go on forever, it will stop: Economist Herbert Stein
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...08640380117768
If something can't go on forever, it will stop: Economist Herbert Stein
Jan 9, 2014 | 3:36 pm
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Jan 9, 2014 | 4:44 pm
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I agree with Bubbashow. It doesn't affect me because I'll just pay for the business class seat and become a higher value customer. Although if they fill it with a nonrev party that would piss me off.
Jan 9, 2014 | 4:53 pm
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I usually wear a shirt that says NRSA in giant letters too, and a nice neon yellow, so you can easily spot me.
Jan 9, 2014 | 4:58 pm
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Good to see DL getting good press, but I continue to be bewildered by why DOT complaints and bumps are included in these sorts of rankings given how incredibly rare they are. The complaints, especially, could be materially moved with minimal effort by a one or two people. They are meaningless metrics and shouldn't be given equal weight to the others.
Jan 9, 2014 | 6:01 pm
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Good to see DL getting good press, but I continue to be bewildered by why DOT complaints and bumps are included in these sorts of rankings given how incredibly rare they are. The complaints, especially, could be materially moved with minimal effort by a one or two people. They are meaningless metrics and shouldn't be given equal weight to the others.
Jan 9, 2014 | 6:23 pm
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Good to see DL getting good press, but from the tone of the article, I'm honestly unsure whether DL is doing well, or everyone else is just being unspeakably horrible. 
But it does make me wonder whether transitioning over the last couple years from DL as first choice and UA as second choice to the other way around was a good idea...
I guess it's like being in a traffic jam - if the next lane is moving faster, as soon as you get into it, the lane you were in before will move faster.
But it does make me wonder whether transitioning over the last couple years from DL as first choice and UA as second choice to the other way around was a good idea...
I guess it's like being in a traffic jam - if the next lane is moving faster, as soon as you get into it, the lane you were in before will move faster.
Jan 9, 2014 | 10:01 pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mbwmbw
I agree with Bubbashow. It doesn't affect me because I'll just pay for the business class seat and become a higher value customer. Although if they fill it with a nonrev party that would piss me off.
Yea, yea man. Me and all my nonrev buddies are gonna come up front with our pinatas and balloons! Better watch out it's gonna be CRAZYYYY! Patron and jello shots, bro. That's what I do when I fly with my nonrev pals, get lit and cause a ruckus!!
I usually wear a shirt that says NRSA in giant letters too, and a nice neon yellow, so you can easily spot me.
Originally Posted by mbwmbw
I agree with Bubbashow. It doesn't affect me because I'll just pay for the business class seat and become a higher value customer. Although if they fill it with a nonrev party that would piss me off.
Yea, yea man. Me and all my nonrev buddies are gonna come up front with our pinatas and balloons! Better watch out it's gonna be CRAZYYYY! Patron and jello shots, bro. That's what I do when I fly with my nonrev pals, get lit and cause a ruckus!!
I usually wear a shirt that says NRSA in giant letters too, and a nice neon yellow, so you can easily spot me.
Last edited by mbwmbw; Jan 9, 2014 at 10:29 pm
Jan 10, 2014 | 5:16 am
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[QUOTE=mbwmbw;22123169]People who NRSA in the front are generally dumb idiots who will never go anywhere in life;QUOTE]
....um.....generally people who NRSA are airline employees, their families, and guests. So flight attendants will never go anywhere in life? The pilot who commands a 747 and makes 275,000 a year will never go anywhere? The MBA manager from ATL who makes well into the six figures and manages one of the highest netting airlines ever will never go anywhere? Asinine.
....um.....generally people who NRSA are airline employees, their families, and guests. So flight attendants will never go anywhere in life? The pilot who commands a 747 and makes 275,000 a year will never go anywhere? The MBA manager from ATL who makes well into the six figures and manages one of the highest netting airlines ever will never go anywhere? Asinine.
Jan 10, 2014 | 8:23 am
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[QUOTE=bubbashow;22124339]
I hope you know I was being factious, but I do think it's interesting your views on FC vs NRSA 
. Either way you shouldn't take things I say seriously. Everyone, including paying PAX can have a bad reputation I was just showcasing how some view "NRSA" parties.
People who NRSA in the front are generally dumb idiots who will never go anywhere in life;QUOTE]
....um.....generally people who NRSA are airline employees, their families, and guests. So flight attendants will never go anywhere in life? The pilot who commands a 747 and makes 275,000 a year will never go anywhere? The MBA manager from ATL who makes well into the six figures and manages one of the highest netting airlines ever will never go anywhere? Asinine.
....um.....generally people who NRSA are airline employees, their families, and guests. So flight attendants will never go anywhere in life? The pilot who commands a 747 and makes 275,000 a year will never go anywhere? The MBA manager from ATL who makes well into the six figures and manages one of the highest netting airlines ever will never go anywhere? Asinine.
. Either way you shouldn't take things I say seriously. Everyone, including paying PAX can have a bad reputation I was just showcasing how some view "NRSA" parties.
Jan 10, 2014 | 8:47 am
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[QUOTE=mbwmbw;22125420]facetious?
Jan 10, 2014 | 8:59 am
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Good to see DL getting good press, but from the tone of the article, I'm honestly unsure whether DL is doing well, or everyone else is just being unspeakably horrible.
But it does make me wonder whether transitioning over the last couple years from DL as first choice and UA as second choice to the other way around was a good idea...
I guess it's like being in a traffic jam - if the next lane is moving faster, as soon as you get into it, the lane you were in before will move faster.
But it does make me wonder whether transitioning over the last couple years from DL as first choice and UA as second choice to the other way around was a good idea...
I guess it's like being in a traffic jam - if the next lane is moving faster, as soon as you get into it, the lane you were in before will move faster.
Bruce