trafficinsight
Well-Known Member
It's a wonder you don't find somewhere where the people are more your caliber then.
Woman who broke SWA flight attendant’s teeth to serve 15 months in prison
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It's a wonder you don't find somewhere where the people are more your caliber then.
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Slumtodd still pissed at their merger integration. He will forever hate all things Southwest.
FlyingAccountant
Well-Known Member
Show me on the doll where the Southwest hurt you.....
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Ask him. It was also the realization he’d no longer be an ALPA EVP. He hates SWAPA with a passion.
knot4u
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I fly Southwest, what's your issue?If you think a bunch of multi-millionaires are flying Southpest, you go right on thinking that.
knot4u
Repeat Offender
Slumtodd bought a 421 and couldn't afford it so he started smoking pot and flying Delta. Whatever happened to that airplane @SlumTodd_Millionaire?
jrh
Well-Known Member
I fly bizjets. Light and midsize under 135 and fractional ownership, so it's not like I'm flying super high rollers.
On a regular basis, like maybe 10% of the time, I'm loading bags that have an airline loyalty program tag, or occasionally an old checked bag tag on the handle.
Rich people fly on airlines sometimes. Not sure why this is such a controversial statement.
On a regular basis, like maybe 10% of the time, I'm loading bags that have an airline loyalty program tag, or occasionally an old checked bag tag on the handle.
Rich people fly on airlines sometimes. Not sure why this is such a controversial statement.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
I doubt you see a Southpest bag tag very often.
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
I would imagine there are a few rich redneck types who fly SWA as some sort of “worship at the altar of companies with a weird Texas good ol boy CULTure” flex but yeah….I would say this is probably accurate in the aggregate
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
Some of these people want to make rules out of exceptions. Can you find a lone weirdo multi-millionaire who worships Herb and thinks it’s a Tex-ass loyalty thing to fly Southwest? Yeah, guaranteed. Texans are weird. But multi-millionaires in general? Yeah, they don’t fly coach at all, and definitely not Southwest.
Roger Roger
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Possibly the biggest takeaway here
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
The more time I spend there (which has sadly been a lot lately), the more I have to ask “what’s wrong with y’all, and what made you this way?”
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
I lived there for 5.5 years and went to a Christian university. a lot of the answers you seek can be found in that culture.
jrh
Well-Known Member
I don't pay that close of attention. I can't remember specifics.
I fly pretty ordinary folks. Some request Mountain Dew. They get picked up and dropped off by Ubers and taxis. They bring McDonald's on the plane.
They wouldn't be there if they didn't have money, but it's not like they are a different species incapable of mixing with the masses. I would not be surprised if some of them flew Southwest sometimes for some reason.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
Yes, everyone eats McDonald’s, because it’s decent fast food. And everyone flies commercial from time to time. But if you have money, you don’t subject yourself to the misery of coach.
NovemberEcho
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I’m not rich but I’m def upper middle class, I can’t bring myself to pay for first class. I’ve always flown coach. I will pay for an exit row seat though for the extra leg room. Would probably treat myself if I was single though.
jrh
Well-Known Member
Think whatever you want.
I've flown a lot of these people and nothing surprises me anymore.
It's certainly not common to bounce between airline coach and bizjet, but it's a stretch to say it never happens no matter what.
A few years ago I was hanging out in an FBO in Podunkville waiting for my pax who were coming home from a hunting trip. A passenger for a different flight comes in, also fresh off a hunting trip. He'd planned to fly home via airline but either missed the flight or it was cancelled, I can't remember which. He solved the problem by calling up NetJets who said they could get an airplane to Podunkville in two or three hours and get him home that evening. Why he didn't book the trip on NetJets to begin with, I have no idea.
Bottom line is rich people do weird stuff. Do you have experience in corporate aircraft? I can't remember. It's a weird world and just when I think I've seen it all, I see something new.
knot4u
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I've worked on Pt 91 Gulfstreams where the only baggage was the crews luggage because the principal was just shuttling between homes where everything they might need or want was already there. Driving to the airport, getting out of one car and not picking up anything other than maybe a phone and just walking onto the airplane and doing the exact same thing in reverse on the other end is balling at a very high level. I've also witnessed the opposite.
