On Jan 6, 2008 7:06 PM, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or worse, let's talk about some of the parents. I had a woman get on in > the last boarding group with her child and ask if I could move so she > could sit with her son. > > Uh, no. > > If you couldn't be bothered to get your first group boarding pass at the > 24 hour mark (this was Southwest) or be bothered to shell out the extra > $200 to guarantee a first boarding group, why should I give up my seat > to you? And I told her so. Loudly.
You sound like an ass to me. > My argument about this comes from the fact that no matter *what* weight > I'm at, my shoulders are going to hit yours. A lot. I'm 6' 3" and my > weight has *zero* impact on how wide my shoulders are. My genetics, > however, does. About a week ago I took a United flight from Chicago to London. United sucks. In case nobody heard that: United Sucks. It was miserable. I'm 6' 6" and there was literally nowhere to put my legs that I wasn't bumping or being bumped by someone. One flight attendant brushed her backside against me probably 10 times out of the 15 that she passed me. While not unattractive, I am still not interested in feeling your butt, ma'am. Also! They offered three in-flight movies you could watch; the movie would start and when it was over would start again. Tune to the desired channel. The next leg of my flight was with Emirates. They offered at least ten movies, and the movies start when you tell them to and you can pause to go to the bathroom and each movie has optional subtitles. Emirates had this groovy flight camera thing. One view is an animated airplane showing your position on a world/regional map. One view is the literal view from a camera pointing directly downward from the airplane (cool when taxiing) and another camera facing out the nose. And, for the most important part I felt like I had more room. It baffles me why, but I did. Both the United flight and the Emirates flight were on a Boeing 777. That's how I know it was United that sucked. If you ever have the chance, you will not regret choosing Emirates. -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
