News and notes from around the interweb:
- How flight attendants judge you for your shoes.
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- Maybe doing this at an FBO would be a better choice than on board United? Still, everyone in the cabin has been checked against government targeting databases. She’s in first class. And she’s clear about what she wants:
- San Diego getting net new gates
- New Pacific, formerly Northern Pacific, has dropped scheduled service but has a new charter partnership and will reconfigure one of those old ex-American Airlines 757s into a VIP configuration.
- So this is true – but benefits would also be limited by other protectionist things the federal government does, such as granting slots to incumbent airlines at congested airports which is a subsidy that keeps out competition (congestion pricing would be much better). Lifting foreign ownership restrictions on airlines operating in the U.S. would be a good start nonetheless.
Did you know foreign airlines can’t run flights between American cities? That limits our options for domestic flights and makes them more expensive. Competition means innovation and cheaper prices. It’s time for American airlines to step up their game. pic.twitter.com/fTE5PBhd2b
— reason (@reason) April 2, 2024
My shoes are closest to the first pair and I fly more often than she thinks.
I had a social psychology class back in the early 1980s. Social psychology is all about data. The professor would come in and always give us some tidbit from some research that was statistically proven. And one day he asked us who would get the better table in restaurant. The answer, of course was a man that had the nicest shoes.
I’m lucky when I travel with my partner because she’s a shoe and boot snob and usually gets many compliments while we’re traveling
Hmmm…… imagine being a DA for the duration of 5 years on the job declaring the New Balance shoes wearer likely hadn’t flown in 8 years. Funny math.
How about you focus on your job and get me that drink instead of focusing on my shoes.
Spot on by the FA! Although if I have a cross country flight, every so often I will don some crocs and none of my clothes have stains on them!!
Well, it ain’t no “Enjoy the Silence”
I was recently on a train with a Spanish-speaking family whose sneakers all seemed beat up like crazy even as the rest of the attire looked fashionable and in great shape. Found out Italy’s Golden Goose Deluxe Brand of sneakers were meant to look like that and they are much more expensive than what I pay for sneakers. That is what they were all wearing.
How about a video what you can tell about a flight attendant by… Hate to say it, but older and large, female flight, attendants, skew, mean and nasty, thankfully nearly all of the burnt out flight attendants in their 60s, retired during Covid, allowing a new crop to take their place, usually younger flight attendants are nicer,, typically best flight attendance in terms of attitude tend to be young, gay men, older, white women, not so much
Where do they find these videos? And I haven’t seen a domestic FA look like that in decades.
What my clothes say about me is I’m a seasoned international flyer with probably 30+ hours of flights ahead of me and I plan to be comfortable.
Now what I see when I look at a FA might be a video that needs to be made.
Add me to those who she misclassified. For normal wear it’s always New Balance–because they fit part-Sasquatches like me, most brands do not. And I’m a programmer–wearing something like that in a business situation is acceptable. It’s going to get me instantly flagged for what I am–a guy who works with the machines, not a manager. That’s not a problem.