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   > American Airlines - by Jamison DeHaas   
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   > 22 November  2003   
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   > MIA/STX. Typical Sunday in Miami. Nonstop flight to St. Croix. While   
   > boarding, I was behind an elderly gentleman walking with a cane. Upon   
   > boarding a male flight attendant standing at doorway and the elderly   
   > gentleman told him this airline sure makes you wear ugly ties, or something   
   > to that affect. Next thing you know airline ground personnel are boarding   
   > the plane questioning the old man because a flight attendant had told the   
   > pilot that the old man was drunk and disorderly. They talk to the man, find   
   > out he's not drunk, said he only had one beer at the bar on the concourse   
      
   Today is Nov 21... in MIA and STX.   
   "He" said he only had one beer.... How many times do you think drunk   
   drivers tell this to cops?   
      
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   > American Airlines - by Fabian Bonavia   
   >   
   > 21 November  2003   
   >   
   > I travelled American Airlines New York La Guardia to Key West, Florida via   
   > Miami - it was definitely the worst travel experience of my life. My flight   
   > out of La Guardia was scheduled to leave at 5.10pm and I was at the airport   
   > 2 hours earlier. The check in lounge looked like a storehouse with agents   
   > yelling their heads off. The American airline gates were dirty and noisy   
   > with torn seats and dirty carpets.   
      
   Does AA do the maintenance or the airport authority?   
      
     1 hour prior to scheduled departure a 45   
   > minute delay notice was posted on the monitor. A few minutes later, a 1 hour   
   > 30 minute delay was posted. The agent only showed up around 30 minutes prior   
   > to departure with many people left helpless at the desk.   
      
   What were they trying to do?   
   Did they not already have boarding passes?   
      
   The pilots   
   > themselves had to help us out. The Boeing 757 was old and scruffy and the   
   > IFE was pitiful - charging $2 for a headset!   
      
   You get to keep the headset. You are free to bring your own and not get   
   charged. They use to charge $5 PER FLIGHT   
      
   > I asked the stewardess   
      
   "stewardess"?? They haven't been called this for many years.   
      
   whether   
   > I could leave the aircraft before other passengers as I ran the risk of   
   > missing my connecting flight. She said that I would probably miss it anyway   
   > and ignored my request - however, prior to landing, another stewardess made   
   > an announcement assuring passengers that they would get on their connecting   
   > flight. Running from one terminal to another in a streak of panic, I (along   
   > with at least 20 other passengers) lost the last flight out to Key West by   
   > just 5 minutes.   
      
    >Knowing that there was a 2 hour delay at LGA, AA personnel   
   > made no effort to wait a few minutes - they couldn't care less. The AA agent   
   > at MIA said that the flight had to leave because the tower at Key West   
   > closes at 11pm! However, AA insists on scheduling Key West flights this late   
   > at night anyway.   
      
   Because people want to take them that late.. It helps with people that   
   are connecting.   
      
      
   He also made it quite clear that no passengers were going   
   > to be compensated for accommodation or car hire.   
      
   What was the cause of the delay??   
   It may be the kind of the delay that airlines don't compensate for.   
      
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