Charging For ?

[beachboy]

OK, did anyone watch the last "crew news" in PHX? Doug threw out charging for pillows and blankets and our Westies stepped right up to lower the Limbo Bar! Oh yes Doogie. Charge or take them off they chimed in! Lick Lick Lick! I thought I would throw up. It's a race to the bottom people!
So then Dougie runs with it. Oh yeah. When we go cash less, we are looking at everything like charging for SODA! Like we have enough time to swipe everyone's AMEX for a freaking .50 cent soda? Trailer Park!

 

[N965VJ]

Eastern tried charging for non-alcoholic beverages near the end.

 

[beachboy]

Well. that sums it up. Cue Sinatra! I Did It My Way....LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEbgB6X6S5c

 

[Happy_People]

Huh... well this westie thinks thats BS! I think that pillows and blankets need to go on the shorter flights in coach. Charge for them... no way!

 

[FlyGuyBWI]

OK, did anyone watch the last "crew news" in PHX? Doug threw out charging for pillows and blankets and our Westies stepped right up to lower the Limbo Bar! Oh yes Doogie. Charge or take them off they chimed in! Lick Lick Lick! I thought I would throw up. It's a race to the bottom people!
So then Dougie runs with it. Oh yeah. When we go cash less, we are looking at everything like charging for SODA! Like we have enough time to swipe everyone's AMEX for a freaking .50 cent soda? Trailer Park!

Heck, if my wages dictate that I live in a trailer park, why shouldn't I give my passengers the same experience -- with a smile, of course!

 

[FlyGuyBWI]

OK, did anyone watch the last "crew news" in PHX? Doug threw out charging for pillows and blankets and our Westies stepped right up to lower the Limbo Bar! Oh yes Doogie. Charge or take them off they chimed in! Lick Lick Lick! I thought I would throw up. It's a race to the bottom people!
So then Dougie runs with it. Oh yeah. When we go cash less, we are looking at everything like charging for SODA! Like we have enough time to swipe everyone's AMEX for a freaking .50 cent soda? Trailer Park!

Heck, if my wages dictate that I live in a trailer park, why shouldn't I give my passengers the same experience -- with a smile, of course!

 

[mopar man]

We should just paint a big Carp on the tail of our airplanes and call it Carp Air....we're nothing but a bottom feeder airline picking up all the scraps (people) the other airlines can't handle. :down: :down: :down:

 

[JS]

Spirit Airlines charges for sodas and checked baggage. But they don't have any $1,000 coach fares, so I don't know what US is thinking.

 

[elcantante]

frankly i think selling pillows and blankets is not a bad idea. as long as you sell a good product. the company should get together with the likes of bed bath and beyond and sell a nice pillow and blanket pack for a charge of $7 . sell them at the gate before you board. that way you will have a nice clean pillow and blanket and not one with hair all over it. if you really want a pillow and blanket then pay for it. but it should be good quality. same goes with high end beverages. it's the way the industry is going . you cvan't hide from it. a cashless system onboard is a good idea to. (true ,some cabin crewmembers may be taking a paycut by going cashles 😉 )but hey, can't have it all.

 

[legacy-to-LCC]

frankly i think selling pillows and blankets is not a bad idea. as long as you sell a good product. the company should get together with the likes of bed bath and beyond and sell a nice pillow and blanket pack for a charge of $7 . sell them at the gate before you board. that way you will have a nice clean pillow and blanket and not one with hair all over it. if you really want a pillow and blanket then pay for it. but it should be good quality. same goes with high end beverages. it's the way the industry is going . you cvan't hide from it. a cashless system onboard is a good idea to. (true ,some cabin crewmembers may be taking a paycut by going cashles 😉 )but hey, can't have it all.

pathetic. utterly pathetic...
following your logic, let's start charging for "fabric fatigue", too? we could weigh pax before they sit in our seats and calculate a fee for the amount of wear their body weight poses on the fabric on the seats. it would even work for the new simulated leather on the 75 & 76s. OR, we could charge for ice cubes? now that's a splendid idea..$0.05 per ice cube in the party cup? OR, we could charge a surcharge for depositing gum on the seat frame? $0.14 per stick of gum...OR, we could charge per pen stroke on first class seats? $0.15 per pen stroke? OR, we could charge per answer (either correct of incorrect, different rates are available) to the crossword puzzle in the las vegas/tempe, i mean, USAirways, magazine. $0.05 per correct letter; $1.00 per correct answer; or, $1.50 for an incorrect answer? OR, we could start charging for farts? $1 per air vent that has to be activated once a fart is released, either aft or front of the row of dispersal. OR, we could start charging for vomit bag usage? $2.50 per heave? OR, we could start charging for each flight attendant inquiry? $2.00 for questions regarding arrival time and $5.00 per question regarding availability of checked luggage at destination. or $100 per any questions regarding the lack of service. $500 for a fc pax question surrounding the availability of BOB for y class and only a snack basket in first.
hey, unit revenues would improve...it's the america west way, afterall...

 

[Ramp Rogue]

frankly i think selling pillows and blankets is not a bad idea. as long as you sell a good product. the company should get together with the likes of bed bath and beyond and sell a nice pillow and blanket pack for a charge of $7 .

Good idea. That way they would have to fold their own blanket, and take it with them. No more folding nasty blankets and placing them on the seat for the next person to add more nastiness to it. No more putting clean pillow cases on slobbered on pillows. Buy it and it is yours to slobber on, leave it on the plane and it becomes trash.

 

[Elevation]

Most people in coach wouldn't miss them if they took them all off. First class should always have pillows/blanket available but coach, having people pay for a nice clean sealed set would be a better thing.

 

[700UW]

Ok if there are barely enough agents to work a flight who would sell the pillows and blankets at the gate?

Bet you did not think of that one!

 

[USstew23]

Huh... well this westie thinks thats BS! I think that pillows and blankets need to go on the shorter flights in coach. Charge for them... no way!

Totally agree!! They need to be removed from the shorter flights.

 

[EastUS]

pathetic. utterly pathetic...
following your logic, let's start charging for "fabric fatigue", too? we could weigh pax before they sit in our seats and calculate a fee for the amount of wear their body weight poses on the fabric on the seats. it would even work for the new simulated leather on the 75 & 76s. OR, we could charge for ice cubes? now that's a splendid idea..$0.05 per ice cube in the party cup? OR, we could charge a surcharge for depositing gum on the seat frame? $0.14 per stick of gum...OR, we could charge per pen stroke on first class seats? $0.15 per pen stroke? OR, we could charge per answer (either correct of incorrect, different rates are available) to the crossword puzzle in the las vegas/tempe, i mean, USAirways, magazine. $0.05 per correct letter; $1.00 per correct answer; or, $1.50 for an incorrect answer? OR, we could start charging for farts? $1 per air vent that has to be activated once a fart is released, either aft or front of the row of dispersal. OR, we could start charging for vomit bag usage? $2.50 per heave? OR, we could start charging for each flight attendant inquiry? $2.00 for questions regarding arrival time and $5.00 per question regarding availability of checked luggage at destination. or $100 per any questions regarding the lack of service. $500 for a fc pax question surrounding the availability of BOB for y class and only a snack basket in first.
hey, unit revenues would improve...it's the america west way, afterall...

I think that they're still missing a bet here. Why not credit card operated locks on all the lav doors? It could be set up both ways = a modest charge to gain entry, but at least 10 bucks to get out Hmm..come to think of it...there's always the overhead bins to consider as well 😉 Sigh...perhaps it'd be best just to have Vinnie and Guido at the gate to shake everyone down for "protection".