Originally Posted by thetravelingRedhead
(Post 24969344)
It seems that UA still has a bit to learn in terms of Customer service...
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/...4238670646.jpg Yeah, I'd trade a comfy quiet hotel room for a good "rest" in a coach seat any day! How can you write something like that and not realize how awful it sounds? I get the idea... that you want a well-rested crew up front for your peace of mind. But that's now how it comes out. |
Originally Posted by Mike Jacoubowsky
(Post 24969848)
The wording of that tweet couldn't have been worse. Using "rest" twice... as if crew "rest" in a hotel is the equivalent to passengers "resting" on the flight home.
Yeah, I'd trade a comfy quiet hotel room for a good "rest" in a coach seat any day! How can you write something like that and not realize how awful it sounds? I get the idea... that you want a well-rested crew up front for your peace of mind. But that's now how it comes out. |
Originally Posted by Mike Jacoubowsky
(Post 24969848)
The wording of that tweet couldn't have been worse. Using "rest" twice... as if crew "rest" in a hotel is the equivalent to passengers "resting" on the flight home.
Yeah, I'd trade a comfy quiet hotel room for a good "rest" in a coach seat any day! How can you write something like that and not realize how awful it sounds? I get the idea... that you want a well-rested crew up front for your peace of mind. But that's now how it comes out. |
Originally Posted by PV_Premier
(Post 24969863)
they probably pay their social media goons $15/hour, maybe less. to be fair, i got a less than stellar response from AA on a tweet the other day as well. it's a race to the bottom folks. UA leading the charge.
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Originally Posted by BearX220
(Post 24969789)
Flight 958 debacle trending hard on both sides of the Atlantic.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/7...ne-forced-land http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.2257921 http://www.travelpulse.com/news/impa...-barracks.html http://www.wsj.com/articles/united-a...cks-1434304084 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...engers-5881628 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2015/...4611434313854/ Editors are playing up the angle of the flight crew securing comfy hotel rooms for themselves while pax abandoned to cold barracks.
Originally Posted by blueman2
(Post 24969867)
+1. I was wondering if I was the only one who hears how incredibly tone deaf UA's PR department is.
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Originally Posted by BearX220
(Post 24969885)
Nonetheless, social media is public performance, and the individual who sent that tweet is in the wrong job.
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Originally Posted by BearX220
(Post 24969885)
Nonetheless, social media is public performance, and the individual who sent that tweet is in the wrong job.
Sorry, there is no excuse for this. Even the UA apologists must be at a loss for words in this case. |
Canadian readers have a different perspective.
Canadian readers have a different perspective. Read the comments from this CBC story to see that Canadian readers view the passengers as "spoiled brats."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...upts-1.3113036 The fact is that there are only two small motels in Goose Bay, not enough for everyone (check www.tripadvisor.com). However, there are some b&b, and those pax who wanted to go on their own should have been given the option to do so. A BIG unanswered question is this: were passengers able to leave the Canadian Air Force base to go in town? Clearly, the crew must have been cleared by Canadian immigration, so at least an immigration officer must have been available. (A quick check shows that there is one on duty at that airport.) Anyone who was on that flight, could you please tell us if passengers were permitted to leave the base? |
For the moment, let's assume that UAs new FF changes do indicate that they UA actually does care about a select few passengers, at the very top of the HVF list. Shouldn't there have been somebody responsible for monitoring VBTs (Very Bad Things) happening to GS folk? I'd assume there'd be at least a few of them on that flight.
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Originally Posted by txp
(Post 24969897)
Canadian readers have a different perspective. Read the comments from this CBC story to see that Canadian readers view the passengers as "spoiled brats."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...upts-1.3113036 The fact is that there are only two small motels in Goose Bay, not enough for everyone (check www.tripadvisor.com). However, there are some b&b, and those pax who wanted to go on their own should have been given the option to do so. A BIG unanswered question is this: were passengers able to leave the Canadian Air Force base to go in town? Clearly, the crew must have been cleared by Canadian immigration, so at least an immigration officer must have been available. (A quick check shows that there is one on duty at that airport.) Anyone who was on that flight, could you please tell us if passengers were permitted to leave the base? |
Originally Posted by LASUA1K
(Post 24968902)
But the same aircraft sat on the ground at EWR then went on to LHR. In cases like this LHR could handle the aircraft.
Very poorly handled by UA. Its crazy this is the same airline that did a fantastic job with the Midway Islands diversion. How |
Originally Posted by physioprof
(Post 24970054)
This is what I want to know. Were the passengers literally imprisoned on this army base? Or were they free to leave?
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...-for-20-hours/ It looks that all passengers were cleared into Canada so that means they were all free to go wherever. However, since they were told that a replacement aircraft would arrive in the morning, somehow nobody thought of going into town on their own. They did not have to get on the school bus after customs. They could have called the local hotels to see if anything was available. "Yes, we were cleared for entry to Canada via 2 customs agents who were extremely nice after undoubtedly being awaken to clear a 767 at midnight. Issue was, we never touched the civilian terminal. Old school buses picked us straight up from the aircraft, straight to customs, the back on the same bus to the barracks. originally, we were told a replacement 767 would arrive morning time Saturday for a straight continuation to LHR. Given that, none of us could find better options. Of course, the story changed when the original replacement was grounded for maintenance as well." |
Originally Posted by txp
(Post 24970238)
I found this on another site:
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...-for-20-hours/ It looks that all passengers were cleared into Canada so that means they were all free to go wherever. However, since they were told that a replacement aircraft would arrive in the morning, somehow nobody thought of going into town on their own. They did not have to get on the school bus after customs. They could have called the local hotels to see if anything was available. "Yes, we were cleared for entry to Canada via 2 customs agents who were extremely nice after undoubtedly being awaken to clear a 767 at midnight. Issue was, we never touched the civilian terminal. Old school buses picked us straight up from the aircraft, straight to customs, the back on the same bus to the barracks. originally, we were told a replacement 767 would arrive morning time Saturday for a straight continuation to LHR. Given that, none of us could find better options. Of course, the story changed when the original replacement was grounded for maintenance as well." |
Originally Posted by physioprof
(Post 24970054)
This is what I want to know. Were the passengers literally imprisoned on this army base? Or were they free to leave?
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Originally Posted by PV_Premier
(Post 24969863)
they probably pay their social media goons $15/hour, maybe less. to be fair, i got a less than stellar response from AA on a tweet the other day as well. it's a race to the bottom folks. UA leading the charge.
Edit: How do you just post a link without this fancy window thing??? |
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