News and notes from around the interweb:
- Brazilian court fines American Airlines $1,759 after passengers denied kosher food in the U.S. airlines don’t have to keep their promises to consumers, because their contracts of carriage say they don’t have to, enforcing commonlaw principles of good faith and fair dealing is precluded by the Airlines Deregulation Act’s federal pre-emption of state regulation and the Department of Transportation doesn’t require it.
- Hertz thinks it’s no big deal when its customers wind up in jail because of its own mistakes, because this doesn’t happen to most customers
In this week’s hearing, Shore, a partner at White & Case, argued, “It is a fraction of 1 percent of annual police reports that are filed that turn into actual litigation claims.” That number, of course, does not count customers who were falsely arrested but accepted an early settlement from Hertz, resolved the matter in arbitration, or simply decided they didn’t have the funds or the stamina for a lawsuit. Shore added, “We actually think the number of legitimate claims that arise out of annual rentals is a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny fraction.”
- Democrats question Airbnb over hosting rentals on its platform in Xinjuang that are owned by sanctioned Chinese paramilitary organization
- United passengers at Denver stuck on planes for hours after they landed — waiting for a gate it’s not just cancelled flights, this was about shortage of ground crew due to Covid sick calls rather than lack of gates as such.
- Looking forward to the day I can ‘cheers’ again on Southwest. In the old days when drink chits didn’t expire the best thing was to save up a ton and buy drinks for the whole plane!
Hey @SouthwestAir will these be worth keeping around for 2022?? pic.twitter.com/K9CkHTBDoF
— Matt Garcia (@mattyg614) January 7, 2022
- Dallas – Tel Aviv was the first flight American had announced for its return to Israel.
TLV-DFW is scheduled to begin on May 6 while DFW-TLV begins May 7. There will likely be some changes as May approaches.
— Ishrion Aviation (@IshrionA) January 9, 2022
Up in the Air was basically one long advertisement for Hertz and American Airlines.
@ Gary — Hertz is sickening. It is our primary rental company, but we rent very infrequently, so I guess I can ad a couple more tiny, tinys to their small fraction. These asshat lawyers would certainly find that we have the “stamina” for a lawsuit if they screw with us. They would be the one’s paying up at the end.
@ Gary — I mean “ones”…
Jeez. Would you fly an airline that says “It’s only a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of our planes that crash”?
I’d fire that lawyer so fast… >_< SMDH
Why are people being allegedly arrested falsely possibly over Kosher food?
Wait until it’s their gramps arrested
I hope that only a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of Hertz employees are sexually assaulted by other Hertz employees while on the job.
I hope that only a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of Hertz employees are sexually assaulted by other Hertz employees while on the job.
More info: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article240478011.html
https://sexualharassmentclaims.com.au/former-hertz-reservations-agent-sues/
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/second-lawsuit-filed-against-madison-county-sheriff-based-on-harassment-claims/article_44a957b8-db16-590b-a39b-26fbd147e72b.html
I want to work for Hertz. If only a small percentage of their employees embezzles millions of dollars, it’s probably no big deal.
Hertz and American Airlines were #1 in the past. Now both are now ranked at the bottom. Parker is leaving AA and things will improve and Hertz should also have a change in top management.. Maybe bring O.J. back!
@J – Hilton, too
Oh really!!??
Hertz can go f its CEO and Board with a Tesla.
I will never voluntary rent from those scumsuckers.
Gotta make those shekels
Lame Hertz does not realize that it is hurting their business. I used Hertz as my backup to National. Now I switched to Avis as my backup and it has been pretty good.
I now go out of my way to “rough up” any Hertz cars I rent with CDW. No joke. (Wouldn’t mind roughing up some of their execs,, too, I but don’t know whether I’ll get the chance. Wouldn’t mind, though.)
@Tom: When you return your Hertz rental car, is it more roughed up than the vehicle used in a car crash derby in the Jackass Movie?
View the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibzu3TBw25E