Comments for The Cranky Flier http://crankyflier.com Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:53:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 crankyflier.comhttp://www.crankyflier.com/images/crankylogoblack.pngCranky Logocrankyflier_Commentshttp://feedburner.google.com Comment on Continental Ditches Free Food For Flights Under 6 Hours by Bobber http://feeds.crankyflier.com/~r/crankyflier_Comments/~3/rt-8pcPItIg/ Bobber Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:53:17 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=4728#comment-96783 I didn't pay for booze in Y on my UA flight in Feb (lhr-iac). CO is a shockingly bad airline, and all this talk of mergers with UA is distressing me. I think a switch to Air Canada beckons. I didn’t pay for booze in Y on my UA flight in Feb (lhr-iac).

CO is a shockingly bad airline, and all this talk of mergers with UA is distressing me. I think a switch to Air Canada beckons.


]]> http://crankyflier.com/2010/03/16/continental-ditches-free-food-for-flights-under-6-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-96783 Comment on Sun Country to Fly 737s to London by Darkwater http://feeds.crankyflier.com/~r/crankyflier_Comments/~3/ND2aTefHBog/ Darkwater Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:02:35 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=4737#comment-96770 Maybe somebody should start IL-62 "heritage" flights with stops at Gander AND Shannon (or Gander and Luxembourg, depending on the destination). Maybe somebody should start IL-62 “heritage” flights with stops at Gander AND Shannon (or Gander and Luxembourg, depending on the destination).


]]> http://crankyflier.com/2010/03/17/sun-country-to-fly-737s-to-london/comment-page-1/#comment-96770 Comment on Sun Country to Fly 737s to London by Darkwater http://feeds.crankyflier.com/~r/crankyflier_Comments/~3/o7pCuNZ5BVM/ Darkwater Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:04 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=4737#comment-96769 Reminds me of a time when I was connecting from ACY to what should have been a nonstop PHL-SFO US 757 flight when a 737-300 was substituted. The gate agents at PHL insisted that the plane was not going to make a fuel stop enroute, but immediately upon boarding, the flight deck informed us that we would be refueling. This was when US still had a fairly substantial presence at MCI, so that's where we stopped at a a remote part of the apron for about 40 min. It reinforced my thought that if I was going to fly ACY-SFO, I might as well connect through PIT (back when you could) since US regularly flew 737s from PIT to the west coast. Reminds me of a time when I was connecting from ACY to what should have been a nonstop PHL-SFO US 757 flight when a 737-300 was substituted. The gate agents at PHL insisted that the plane was not going to make a fuel stop enroute, but immediately upon boarding, the flight deck informed us that we would be refueling. This was when US still had a fairly substantial presence at MCI, so that’s where we stopped at a a remote part of the apron for about 40 min. It reinforced my thought that if I was going to fly ACY-SFO, I might as well connect through PIT (back when you could) since US regularly flew 737s from PIT to the west coast.


]]> http://crankyflier.com/2010/03/17/sun-country-to-fly-737s-to-london/comment-page-1/#comment-96769 Comment on Sun Country to Fly 737s to London by Darkwater http://feeds.crankyflier.com/~r/crankyflier_Comments/~3/9wNRv5pSGhg/ Darkwater Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:53:35 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=4737#comment-96767 The last time I looked, PrivatAir still flew A319s in C business config for certain transatlantic Lufthansa and Swiss (er, SWISS) flights. (DUS-EWR & ZUR-EWR?) The last time I looked, PrivatAir still flew A319s in C business config for certain transatlantic Lufthansa and Swiss (er, SWISS) flights. (DUS-EWR & ZUR-EWR?)


]]> http://crankyflier.com/2010/03/17/sun-country-to-fly-737s-to-london/comment-page-1/#comment-96767 Comment on Sun Country to Fly 737s to London by Ron http://feeds.crankyflier.com/~r/crankyflier_Comments/~3/VgzJwT4uL8Y/ Ron Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:28:29 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=4737#comment-96766 You make some good points, but YES, some people will sit in a middle seat for 9 hours on a 737. We here are all so attuned to the nuances of aircraft types and seat assignments, but lots of people just go on expedia and, boom, pick the cheapest flight to their destination without any other consideration. And no, I'm not sure DL will match fares with SY on this route. Maybe they will, we'll see. I do agree that it's an odd for SY to make, and the Gander stop is positively 1954 and weird, but it does have some potential. I don't buy that most people care if it's a 737 or not, or even know the difference. You make some good points, but YES, some people will sit in a middle seat for 9 hours on a 737. We here are all so attuned to the nuances of aircraft types and seat assignments, but lots of people just go on expedia and, boom, pick the cheapest flight to their destination without any other consideration. And no, I’m not sure DL will match fares with SY on this route. Maybe they will, we’ll see. I do agree that it’s an odd for SY to make, and the Gander stop is positively 1954 and weird, but it does have some potential. I don’t buy that most people care if it’s a 737 or not, or even know the difference.


]]> http://crankyflier.com/2010/03/17/sun-country-to-fly-737s-to-london/comment-page-1/#comment-96766 Comment on Sun Country to Fly 737s to London by Marc http://feeds.crankyflier.com/~r/crankyflier_Comments/~3/OcjHzuY7n8g/ Marc Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:45:12 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=4737#comment-96764 Excuse me, but does anyone, SY included, really think that DL and Icelandair and KL are really going to sit around and watch SY siphon away biz from them when the biz sucks to begin with? Not gonna happen. The dollar is in the toilet vs the Euro making Europe prohibitively expensive to begin with, so transatlantic biz will be down year over year. That's why many carriers are flying smaller aircraft. CO flies 757s across the pond, DL has downsized from an A330 to a 767. If SY is willing to sit an aircraft from Saturday to Sunday, a weekend!, when it could be flying to California, Florida, almost anywhere else, tells me that they don't have a clue what to do with it. Bad move and no, there aren't enough people willing to sit in a middle seat for more than 10 hours on a 737 just to get to Stansted. The connection thing is ridiculous too. Ain't happening. Excuse me, but does anyone, SY included, really think that DL and Icelandair and KL are really going to sit around and watch SY siphon away biz from them when the biz sucks to begin with? Not gonna happen. The dollar is in the toilet vs the Euro making Europe prohibitively expensive to begin with, so transatlantic biz will be down year over year. That’s why many carriers are flying smaller aircraft. CO flies 757s across the pond, DL has downsized from an A330 to a 767. If SY is willing to sit an aircraft from Saturday to Sunday, a weekend!, when it could be flying to California, Florida, almost anywhere else, tells me that they don’t have a clue what to do with it. Bad move and no, there aren’t enough people willing to sit in a middle seat for more than 10 hours on a 737 just to get to Stansted. The connection thing is ridiculous too. Ain’t happening.


]]> http://crankyflier.com/2010/03/17/sun-country-to-fly-737s-to-london/comment-page-1/#comment-96764 Comment on Sun Country to Fly 737s to London by Brian http://feeds.crankyflier.com/~r/crankyflier_Comments/~3/1YX2igt6eHg/ Brian Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:33:38 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=4737#comment-96762 Let's hope it is a fuel stop AND a lav tank unload in Gander. Reports of the ETOPS 757 TATL operations include plenty of issues with lav tanks overflowing, 737-8 should have the same issues. Let’s hope it is a fuel stop AND a lav tank unload in Gander. Reports of the ETOPS 757 TATL operations include plenty of issues with lav tanks overflowing, 737-8 should have the same issues.


]]> http://crankyflier.com/2010/03/17/sun-country-to-fly-737s-to-london/comment-page-1/#comment-96762 Comment on Sun Country to Fly 737s to London by Matthew http://feeds.crankyflier.com/~r/crankyflier_Comments/~3/3bOtB5Tf0zI/ Matthew Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:41:41 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=4737#comment-96757 Indeed Cranky, I flew that Continental flight from Stanstead to Newark, and it was exactly one month before 9/11! Indeed Cranky, I flew that Continental flight from Stanstead to Newark, and it was exactly one month before 9/11!


]]> http://crankyflier.com/2010/03/17/sun-country-to-fly-737s-to-london/comment-page-1/#comment-96757 Comment on Continental Ditches Free Food For Flights Under 6 Hours by Brad http://feeds.crankyflier.com/~r/crankyflier_Comments/~3/YGvHXKO7PAI/ Brad Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:21:55 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=4728#comment-96754 Who's the ex-United exec? Pretty sure Smisek was a partner at a law firm before joining CO Who’s the ex-United exec? Pretty sure Smisek was a partner at a law firm before joining CO


]]> http://crankyflier.com/2010/03/16/continental-ditches-free-food-for-flights-under-6-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-96754 Comment on Sun Country to Fly 737s to London by David http://feeds.crankyflier.com/~r/crankyflier_Comments/~3/_IkPRlyROIQ/ David Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:18:26 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=4737#comment-96753 There is one good other thing about this - all those people living in Minnesota will have a chance to experience Ryanair ! There is one good other thing about this – all those people living in Minnesota will have a chance to experience Ryanair !


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