News and notes from around the interweb:
- Man faces stiff prison sentence after urinating on his Alaska Airlines seat
- World of Hyatt is hiring a manager of loyalty strategy and guest experience.
The Loyalty Strategy & Guest Experience Manager will be responsible for leading both guest and member experience initiatives and the ongoing strategic enhancement and optimization of the loyalty program.
- Onboard kindness from an unlikely place.
A friend onboard @Official_PIA ISD to KHI early morning flt yesterday shared this. A baby was crying non stop, the mother was exhausted & stressed, she couldn’t comfort the child. So the head pursur Mr.Tauheed helped the child sleep. Now that truly is GREAT people to fly with. 👍🏼 pic.twitter.com/yM4aynPA1i
— Fakhr-e-Alam (@falamb3) March 12, 2021
- Airline subsidies ‘show America isn’t capitalist, it’s cronyist – capitalism on the way up and socialism on the way down.’
For a decade, US airlines spent 96% of their free cash flow on stock buybacks — until COVID came, then they took billions in government aid.@profgalloway, on @HBO last night, hasn’t forgotten. 🔥
(via @keithedwards) pic.twitter.com/n6PnkOd1lq
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) March 13, 2021
- With the crackdown on emotional support animals, American Airlines told a blind woman she couldn’t fly with her guide dog – without filling out a form she could not read, or going to a website that wasn’t accessible.
- Sometimes I want to go all Thai Prime Minister on a few commenters here, you know who you are. Please stay civil and on topic.
WATCH: Thailand PM sprays sanitizer on members of the press to avoid answering their questions pic.twitter.com/41KmqvYNAc
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 14, 2021
Galloway was truly en fuego on Bill Maher the night – awesome performance