Video Shows Frontier Airlines Raising Medieval ‘Drawbridge’ To Keep Late Passenger Off Flight [Roundup]

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  1. From the New York Post:

    [George Mason University economist Bryan Caplan calculated, based on conservative assumptions, that the shoe rule had consumed “almost 30,000 years of life” in the United States.

    By that measure, Caplan suggested, Reid, despite his ineptitude, qualified as the “most successful” anti-American terrorist ever.]

  2. The Frontier low IQ person will have his ticket revoked and likely be arrested. Can’t cure stupid.

    Most of what TSA makes zero sense. It’s theater for the masses.

  3. Prithee, mind the jetbridge, my liege!

    @jns — Isn’t saying ‘George Mason’ and ‘conservative’ kinda redundant? Bah!

    @George Romey — Not sure about this whole ‘IQ’ thing, because plenty of folks who know better still misbehave. I’m with you, like, such disruptions are not cool, regardless.

  4. He was the luckiest passenger on the Frontier flight. Not being able to get on a Frontier flight is so much better than the alternative

  5. Frontier is SUCH AN AWFUL AIRLINE. They literally go out of there way to infuriate the customer.

  6. The jet bridge was still attached and the main cabin door was still open. They could have let that poor guy on the plane no problem. Frontier claims they behave like this because they have to protect their on-time performance. However they literally have the worst on-time performance in the entire industry. It hovers around 60% on time which is embarrassing.

  7. @joe smith & @Joe Smith — Look at this coincidence! You fellas know each other? Bah…

  8. I’m not siding with Frontier here. They simply go out of their way to hassle passengers. I literally write Seat 31B, but I book away from them because there’s no way to beat the house and their “all-in” fare is never cheaper. It doesn’t seem like this is a solid business model either, because they’re losing money. In the meantime, you’ll find me in basic economy on one of the major airlines, for around the same price.

  9. So a.passenger whose job / employer does not pay for first class complaints about a worker / employer who does? Does this passenger also complains when McKinsey consultants “take away” “his” upgrade, which he paid $0 for?

    A definition of a true loser!.

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