Southwest Will Stop Serving Peanuts August 1st
Jul 24, 2018 | 3:28 pm
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In fact, I had to be reminded through some of these news articles that peanuts were part of WN's origin story. I had completely forgotten it.
Jul 24, 2018 | 3:59 pm
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Nader is nuts, of course (pun intended).
He does have a point though:
I'd counter that Southwest has been headed down that road for some time now, and, if anything, discontinuing peanuts is a symptom -- not a warning.
He does have a point though:
Nader suggests the loss of peanuts is the beginning of the end for an airline he loves, and that many Americans love. Lose the nuts, and luggage fees, passenger segmentation, and further service degradation could follow.
I'd counter that Southwest has been headed down that road for some time now, and, if anything, discontinuing peanuts is a symptom -- not a warning.
Jul 24, 2018 | 4:31 pm
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The airline he's referring to ended with the demise of RR1.0. The plucky upstart that competed on price and drove the legacy carriers crazy by adding capacity at a rapid pace and encroaching on monopoly routes all over the U.S.
Now it's just a 4th legacy. (Granted, with a different model that is better in many ways, worse in others.)
Where was Nader when WN unilaterally invalidated a bunch of drink coupons?
Now it's just a 4th legacy. (Granted, with a different model that is better in many ways, worse in others.)
Where was Nader when WN unilaterally invalidated a bunch of drink coupons?
Jul 30, 2018 | 7:06 am
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The Spousal Unit said they were giving out multiple peanut packs to people on his flights yesterday. I guess they were trying to liquidate their stock of them before the new rule came into play
Jul 30, 2018 | 11:06 am
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(fwiw, I did a count on a second pretzel bag and found 14. Potentially a lot of variance, though a small sample size)
Jul 30, 2018 | 11:58 am
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The peanuts stocks are still around in places. Had a couple OAK-LA area flights last week, and had peanuts on an ONT-OAK leg. Also saw a passenger carrying a handful of Southwest packet of peanut bags around the OAK airport, and accidentally dropped an open one - it looked like there were 20+ peanuts that came out of that tiny bag!
(fwiw, I did a count on a second pretzel bag and found 14. Potentially a lot of variance, though a small sample size)
(fwiw, I did a count on a second pretzel bag and found 14. Potentially a lot of variance, though a small sample size)
I bet that is some lawyer imposed date and not reflective of actual peanut stock on hand. Bet they end up on eBay by some enterprising WN or airport employee after fished from the dumpster.
And that was what I concluded from our peanut counting exercise circa 2011 IIRC, weight or number, huge variances!
Jul 30, 2018 | 12:11 pm
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It ain't 8/1 yet!
I bet that is some lawyer imposed date and not reflective of actual peanut stock on hand. Bet they end up on eBay by some enterprising WN or airport employee after fished from the dumpster.
And that was what I concluded from our peanut counting exercise circa 2011 IIRC, weight or number, huge variances!
I bet that is some lawyer imposed date and not reflective of actual peanut stock on hand. Bet they end up on eBay by some enterprising WN or airport employee after fished from the dumpster.
And that was what I concluded from our peanut counting exercise circa 2011 IIRC, weight or number, huge variances!
Occasionally when I am at the airport I will see a big box of snacks on the counter at the gate. Free for the taking. I've asked about this and was told that the FAs gave them to the GA and they were giving them away.
Having been in meetings where corporate decisions were made I'm always amazed about how little effort goes into it.
Jul 30, 2018 | 7:46 pm
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Well it's not even August 1st yet and both individual packs & large bags of peanuts are popping up on eBay, what's funny is that the larger one is cheaper than the seller selling the individual bag...
