He only bled a little
Social media has a great distraction, today. On a flight due to depart Chicago, security dragged a man from his seat and deplaned the would-be passenger. Blood from a split lip and a weak excuse from the airline. They had employees that needed to deadhead, and paying passengers are such an aggravation when you are trying to run a transportation firm.
I don’t fly often enough to understand the back story, but the theme is familiar. Too few seats for all the people that want to fly AND have paid to do so. The industry blames the situation on no-show passengers. Here’s an idea. If you reserve a seat, pay for it. If you can’t make your flight, either submit for a refund or call up your insurance broker. Consider the analogy. You buy a ticket to see a movie, and can’t make the scheduled showing. The theatre doesn’t wave off the problem by selling your seat a second time (as far as I know). Perhaps it is time for the airlines to accept that their current reservation system is broken.
To say that the industry caters to the corporate class is a truth. You know; your meeting ran late and the airline still gets you a seat to your next destination. Fine. Just stop making the occasional passenger into your whipping dog. Isn’t consistenly losing the baggage enough?
Kick the businessman to the curb, occasionally. And stop manhandling the people who are already on board. Wrong, on so many levels. I don’t travel… and I know why.
