Re: What\'s Your Favorite Airline?
I like to fly SWA, but my biggest beef are the passengers.
I've seen people push and shove each other to jockey for position in the "A"/"B"/"C" boarding areas to the point where I thought there was going to be a fist fight. I got a boarding priority "A" once while checking in and the lady right behind me almost lost her mind when she got a "B". In the old days, I'd have just given her my damned boarding card to keep the peace, but the tickets are printed differently these days.
Some people get on the jet, sit in the aisle and then put their lunch/bag/purse in the window and middle seat so no one sits in the row. When the door closes and aircraft pushes back, they'll move their items and they've got a row to themselves.
And even worse, when a SWA frequent flier hops on an airline like Delta, we've had problems where the passenger will plop down in first class with the "But I was here first!"-excuse to the flight attendant when asked to move to their assigned seat. Hello! First class isn't a prize for people who checked in 38 hours early to get a good seat for a 35 minute flight from LAX to LAS!