Shamrock321
I’m an aviation and travel fanatic……I want to be able to do what I do as economically as possible.
It seemed to be admired universally when Freddie Laker,Richard Branson and Harry Goodman (Air Europe RIP) tried it but because a couple came along who really knew how to stuff it to the opposition,they’ve become reviled.
Sad on a site for aviation enthusiasts,though,who one would have thought would welcome the rich variety to spot or photograph,or either or both.
The problem is not “stuff[ing] it to the opposition”. I have said before, I am not against low-fare airlines in general, just against the “sharp” practices that some specialise in. The worst part of the low-fare sector is that they refuse to take responsibility for a failure to deliver – flight cancelled, too bad, come back another day and don’t expect us to cover your costs in the mean time. If they would just take commit to “accommodate” the passenger until they have delivered what the customer contracted for (travel to a specific destination) – as WestJet say they will – that’d be a big step in the right direction. Oh, and stop ripping customers off with excessinve ancilliary charges – it doesn’t cost the airline a fiver to pre-allocate a seat, or a similar amount PER SECTOR per passenger to process a credit card payment, so stop charging so much.
The other problem I have, as I’ve said before, is that your cheap flights come at a cost to many airline employees and ground staff, who are now far more badly paid and work to far worse terms and conditions than they did in the past. Its not that I believe airlines should be a gravy-train for employees, but if blackkettle in 10 years time someone has devalued your line of work to the extent that your effective pay is half of what it is now and that you have to work far harder for even that money, then maybe you’ll understand. I don’t work in airlines now, so it doesn’t directly affect me, but I still morally believe that rediculously cheap travel has come at too high a cost.
Andy
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