Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!marie From: marie@harvard.ARPA (Marie Desjardins) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Airline Experiences Message-ID: <173@harvard.ARPA> Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 15:43:11 EST Article-I.D.: harvard.173 Posted: Thu Nov 29 15:43:11 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Dec-84 19:07:32 EST References: <886@ihuxb.UUCP> <1455@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard Lines: 28 > I regularly fly Piedmont (A growing airline primarily in the South but > serving LA, Denver, and San Fran.) and would easily choose it over Eastern > when they have the same fare. Not all small airlines are a mistake. I fly fairly regularly between Boston (where I go to school) to Baltimore-Washington (home). I used to fly Delta a lot (they had a $80 round-trip deal, which was the cheapest thing around). They had very good service: the planes were almost always on time, no luggage problems, etc. I flew Piedmont ONCE. The plane took off 1 1/2 hours late. This is the same 45-minute flight! I was absolutely livid by the time we took off. The pilot came on the PA and blamed the airport several times -- but I had never had problems taking off from BWI (this was BWI-Logan) before on any other airline. Once we finally got to Logan, it was at least a 20-minute wait before the luggage came off the plane. I had similar problems the one time I flew People (Newark-National, I think). They almost cancelled the flight, but so many people went up and threatened lawsuits, etc. (there were no more flights that day) that they finally did have the flight. Now maybe airports treat the major lines better than the small ones, but then to me this is a good reason to use the major lines when the price isn't too different. Marie desJardins marie@harvard