News and notes from around the interweb:
- Impossible not to think about this every time you walk through duty free. Luxury goods: Europe’s joke on the world
- Woman fired on her first day of work. You can’t bring guns to the airport.
@stevannaelexus305 Maan i ain’t never have a job fire me for shit that ain’t have nothing to do with me !🤔#fyp #fired #firstday #work #rental #charlottenc #nc ♬ original sound – stevanna elexus - Is it ok to read a book involving a plane crash.. on a plane?
@aworkingwardrobe 😫😫😫😫 get me off this flight. #booktok #travel #julieclark ♬ original sound – The Fashionable Lawyer - Marriott’s CEO wants to lower costs for franchises, and increase margins where they operate hotels (Skift) Get ready for it… I don’t hear Capuano talking about delivering better experiences for guests, just lower costs for owners and more types of products that guests can purchase from Marriott. But will they want to?
- The ‘new’ Malaysia Airlines business class seat will be the Collins Aerospace Super Diamond which British Airways uses for its suites and which are used on many American Airlines Boeing 787s and 777-200s without doors.
- Southwest Airlines Snack Bowling.
Marriott still has vast portions of the country with no properties. Western WA is just one example. Plenty of Best Westerns, lots of shitty independents – no Marriotts.
Re the reading material on a flight….
What a bunch of whiners. Get your own reading material and. keep your nose out of others choices. Personally, I’m outraged at your outrage. If you are that frightened by flying, then don’t fly.
Personally I carry Turbulence by John J Nance.
Seems appropriate fir some flights
I’ve given up on hoping that the airlines would actually treat passengers like adults and show them what makes planes fly and how the who ATC system works. If they had a little knowledge maybe their passengers would be less afraid of the experience. But there’s no reason why someone can’t look up this information for themselves. I get it that without some study a person may feel helpless and infantilized, But people can make the effort to understand the systems they are in. On the other hand, this is America. Sitting down, opening a book and making a serious effort to learn something is no longer that common, so maybe that is expecting too much.
Nothing good comes from Tik Tok.
Remember when Marriott actually made it a point to try to lure guests with – Le Gasp! – competitive product and service rather than screwing the guest over wherever they can? Sadly it wasn’t that long ago.
I watched Sully while flying.