Rough Day....

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Boris Badenov said:
That's how you troll. Although it's also true.
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The best trolls are always fact-based. The hyperbole has to be a bit subtle. Seggy's trolling is always excessive hyperbole, and it therefore loses effectiveness. This thread is a great example. The result is a snarky reply, and a bunch of people taking pot-shots at the OP's expense rather than the heated reaction that was desired.

In short, he's demonstrated a lack of understanding of Trevor's Axiom.
 
pete2800 said:
The best trolls are always fact-based. The hyperbole has to be a bit subtle. Seggy's trolling is always excessive hyperbole, and it therefore loses effectiveness. This thread is a great example. The result is a snarky reply, and a bunch of people taking pot-shots at the OP's expense rather than the heated reaction that was desired.

In short, he's demonstrated a lack of understanding of Trevor's Axiom.
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what i've learned is that sadly he isnt trolling. The rest of us would consider it trolling, but in his eyes he's serious.
 
I heard United keeps canceling new hire classes, doesn't sound good when everyone else is hiring many as they can.

I've also heard they are creating a new livery/branding, that typically happens when managment is out of ideas and literally has no other plan.
 
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In other news, I am supposed to deadhead on a Delta MD-90 and it's currently delayed for maintenance. Oh the humanity!
 
Boris Badenov said:
Hey Seggy. I fly ~90 legs a year to get to and from work, and I'd rather ride on Spirit whilst having a root canal than ever darken a United doorway again. OTOH, I just hit Gold Medallion on Delta, and wish it was Platinum. That's how you troll. Although it's also true.
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I’m convinced I was the first person to every fly a 60 lbs dog on a United flight from Frankfurt to Chicago Ohare.... I mean it must have been because not only did they need to invent the wheel but also fire, computers, and the space shuttle to deal with this one dog being put on our connecting flight after customs screening. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Lawman said:
I’m convinced I was the first person to every fly a 60 lbs dog on a United flight from Frankfurt to Chicago Ohare.... I mean it must have been because not only did they need to invent the wheel but also fire, computers, and the space shuttle to deal with this one dog being put on our connecting flight after customs screening. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Always a hassle.

That said, for my parents last PCS we had an extremely mixed experience.

They were flying out to Germany from IAD. I happened to be sitting ready reserve that day, so I was hanging out with them. They went on board and I saw them load “our” two collies on the belt loader. One went up, no problem. But the bigger dog Sam made it about two thirds of the way up to the 777 before his crate tumbled end over end back down the loader onto the pavement. The ramp workers just put him back on and sent him up for the 8 hour flight.

Had it not been an international flight, I’d have been out the door immediately, but that would be counterproductive. I rushed to the gate agent, they couldn’t have cared less.

Panicked, I called and texted my parents as I was rushing to my (regional) crew lounge to see if any of our management was around. I found out chief flight attendant, they got in touch with someone they knew in United HQ.

Somewhere during taxi out they got the heads up to return to the gate for a “cargo issue” according to my parents. Upon returning to the gate, they received my messages and alerted the flight attendants. The flight attendants got in touch with the flight crew.

In the end, while they were sitting at the gate they were called up to the jetway. One of the first officers appeared walking our dog Sam on a leash. Sam was usually easily spooked and shy enjoyed being lavished with attention by the crew as my parents made sure he seemed alright.

Airline stuff is hard. We are rarely given the tools that we need to do our jobs exceedingly well. But this was an example on how a few people that care about the big picture can make up for the shortcomings of our coworkers.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
Lawman said:
I’m convinced I was the first person to every fly a 60 lbs dog on a United flight from Frankfurt to Chicago Ohare.... I mean it must have been because not only did they need to invent the wheel but also fire, computers, and the space shuttle to deal with this one dog being put on our connecting flight after customs screening. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Always a hassle. That said, for my parents last PCS we had an extremely mixed experience. They were flying out to Germany from IAD. I happened to be sitting ready reserve that day, so I was hanging out with them. They went on board and I saw them load “our” two collies on the belt loader. One went up, no problem. But the bigger dog Sam made it about two thirds of the way up to the 777 before his crate tumbled end over end back down the loader onto the pavement. The ramp workers just put him back on and sent him up for the 8 hour flight. Had it not been an international flight, I’d have been out the door immediately, but that would be counterproductive. I rushed to the gate agent, they couldn’t have cared less. Panicked, I called and texted my parents as I was rushing to my (regional) crew lounge to see if any of our management was around. I found out chief flight attendant, they got in touch with someone they knew in United HQ. Somewhere during taxi out they got the heads up to return to the gate for a “cargo issue” according to my parents. Upon returning to the gate, they received my messages and alerted the flight attendants. The flight attendants got in touch with the flight crew. In the end, while they were sitting at the gate they were called up to the jetway. One of the first officers appeared walking our dog Sam on a leash. Sam was usually easily spooked and shy enjoyed being lavished with attention by the crew as my parents made sure he seemed alright. Airline stuff is hard. We are rarely given the tools that we need to do our jobs exceedingly well. But this was an example on how a few people that care about the big picture can make up for the shortcomings of our coworkers.
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I’ve flown the dog before but this one was just a spectacular example of people with “not my problem/job” complexes. We spent an hour standing at that little gate to be rebooked on 3 different flights while the lady who ran that operation insisted they didn’t put dogs on planes and finally got a freight guy to come see if he could do something.

Ended up flying to a completely different airport on the other side of the state because they gave up our seats in the meantime trying to make due. I was to the point of F it give me 500 bucks and I’ll rent a car, Ohio isn’t that far away.

Still not the worst I’ve seen animals treated. That award goes to the TWA flight I was on that had somebody important decide they were getting off that plane in the Azores in June. We spent a while sitting on the ramp cooking, the animals got offloaded.... never put back on. A couple people got checks in the mail and a “we’re sorry” when we got to our PCS location because their animals died in the heat in a cage on a ramp. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Once saw, when ATL was a short tower, a crate fall off of a tug and the dog got lose.

Ended up sending at least a half a dozen or so 26R arrivals around and/or had to sidestep to the inboard while fido eluded being recaptured by airports ops etc.

In the end, after about 30 min, it didn't end well for the dog.
 
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