Well I have flown with Eastern maybe once in years and years and years, and have no plan to start; but I used to fly Southwest between L.A. and the SF Bay Area with some frequency. No more.carlson1 wrote:According to Fox 4 at 9 Delta donates three charter planes round trip.The Annoyed Man wrote:Well, I won’t be flying Southwest ever again.
Actually, I detest flying at all and will only do it when that’s either the only alternative that makes sense, or it’s simply not possible to get to my destination in a reasonable amount of time otherwise. It’s not flying in and of itself that is detestable (I actually like airplanes); it’s the TSA assumption that their security theater at my inconvenience in the unlikely event that I am a terrorist actually makes things safer; the having to get to the airport X hours in advance so that I can wait in lines; the possibility of being bumped off my flight because the airline overbooked it; the inconveniences of including a gun in my luggage; the fact that modern airliners don’t have seats that fit my physique, etc., etc., etc. I have to fly into Vegas for the weekend of May 5th/6th for my neice’s wedding. It’s a quick in and out thing, and we’ll be traveling with my son and daughter in law too; so flying makes more sense than tacking a couple of days onto either end of the trip because my son and DIL both work full time. But if we were traveling just the two of us, I’d probably do the drive. I’m retired and have the time, I have a good road-trip vehicle, and I can afford it. In any case, I sure as heck won’t be flying on either Eastern or Southwest Airlines.