Flying Hell Commentary

Reclining Seat Rules

March 26, 2010 Flying Hell Commentary

While I don’t like it when they person in front of me reclines their seat, there is not much I can do about it. Some will argue that since the seat reclines, they have a right to use that function. Some will argue that they paid to have enough room to survive a flight, and [...]

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Airlines – Microcosm of Society

March 14, 2010 Flying Hell Commentary

So, what did you think? You purchased a ticket to fly from point A to B. The expectation is that you’ll have a comfortable seat and arrive at your destination on time. I think for the most part, barring situations out of the airlines control, that is what you get. The trouble is… for the [...]

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Ex-Pilot Comments On Changes Over The Years

February 19, 2010 Flying Hell Commentary

I want to tell you that back in the 70′s air travel was an adventure and people who sat in First Class did indeed wear suit coats and women wore dresses. The food (even in coach) was actually tasty and you could tell that people cared when you had cloth napkins and fine wine glasses [...]

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Two Comments About Seats

January 10, 2010 Flying Hell Commentary

#1) We fly coach from South America to the United States with American Airlines at least once a year. In the last years, we have been noticing that seats have been changed. Seats are more close together and they can recline less. This is no problem for a 2 or 3 hour flight; but for [...]

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Men, Deal With Reclining Seats

December 18, 2009 Flying Hell Commentary

The seats are designed to recline, and each passenger has the right to recline their seats when it’s been announced that it’s OK. On more than one occasion, when sitting in a window seat, the man (it’s always a man) has kicked my seat repeatedly until it moves forward from the force of the kicking. [...]

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Stories Make This Commentator Ill

December 14, 2009 Flying Hell Commentary

I came to this site expecting a laugh. What I got were a bunch of pampered, whining babies. Most of these stories make me sick to my stomach. YOU guys are exactly whom I do not want to sit by. YOU guys are just as guilty as the people you write about of ruining flights. [...]

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Some Airline People Have Saved My Day

December 13, 2009 Flying Hell Commentary

Without a doubt, I have had my share of bad, even unbelievably bad, experiences in the ugly skies. There was the time I helped push an airport van through snow in Austin, Texas (snow? yes, it happens) and when we got to the airport, with all the passengers seated and ready to go, we learned [...]

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First Class For Employees

December 7, 2009 Flying Hell Commentary

I have been flying as a passenger on airlines for more than 30 years and have had many years of 100 flights or more annually. My originating city is Chicago, so naturally I am a frequent United passenger. Airlines often make accommodations for their most frequent customers to provide them consideration to be moved to [...]

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The Idiot Parade

November 15, 2009 Flying Hell Commentary

I have been a frequent business traveler who flies out of D/FW on a weekly basis for the past 7+ years. The first six years were actually very nice. No issues with security other than the occasional long line; no problems with passengers except for a screaming baby now and then or the chronic snorer; [...]

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It’s Not The Airlines Stupid

October 9, 2009 Flying Hell Commentary

I am a bit bemused by everyone’s comments. I would not consider myself a frequent traveler, but I do fly a few times a month, primarily for business. It is extremely rare that I find anything to complain about with respect to the airlines. Airlines are very efficient given the price points under which they [...]

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