Runway Surprise -- Where's My Flight? - Major Carriers Use Regional Jets With Unfamiliar Names for Some Routes
Where's John Nance been the last ten years?
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FlyWhiteSox
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Chillin' in Washington State, dreaming of the day when he could finally write that earth-shattering RJ story.
Timbuff10
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That is interesting... It says that most regionals leave alot of bags behind and send the pax on their flight anyway. When I worked load planning at Frontier we were told to send the bags before the people. They figured if it was ever a problem it was cheaper to give the people a free room and toothpaste type stuff rather than hiring a courier the next day to get their bags to them whever they end up.
One time when I was traveling from Denver to the backwoods of Maine. United lost my bag on the DEN to BOS trip. Well that night I ended up in Maine with no bags, no nothing, and they had to hire a courier to drive a van up from Boston and hunt me down in the woods in Maine at about 5 am Sunday morning. Wonder how much that cost?
One time when I was traveling from Denver to the backwoods of Maine. United lost my bag on the DEN to BOS trip. Well that night I ended up in Maine with no bags, no nothing, and they had to hire a courier to drive a van up from Boston and hunt me down in the woods in Maine at about 5 am Sunday morning. Wonder how much that cost?
roundout
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don't know if it's because of my station's affiliation with Big U, but skywest would rather remove pax than bags in the case of a weight restriction, just like tim described. it averages $80+ per bag which doesn't arrive with the passenger. it's cheaper for them to rebook angry pax than pay to miss a couple bags.
in response to the original link...it's kind of amusing when bags which were gate-checked at the outstation don't show up when the plane is unloaded here at the hub. i feel really bad for the pax, because there's zero that we can do for them. just like the article said, drugs, laptops, everythign they packed if they're a light traveller....somehow lost in between the silver double-decker carryon cart and the cargo door 2 hours previously.
in response to the original link...it's kind of amusing when bags which were gate-checked at the outstation don't show up when the plane is unloaded here at the hub. i feel really bad for the pax, because there's zero that we can do for them. just like the article said, drugs, laptops, everythign they packed if they're a light traveller....somehow lost in between the silver double-decker carryon cart and the cargo door 2 hours previously.
caliginousface
Frank N. Beans
i'm actually flying on monolith flight 666 tomorrow! /sarcasm
mrivc211
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That was one of the most frustrating things as a ramper and now as a pilot. Leaving pax behind before bags is just not right. I don't understand why Skywest or united doesn't just purchase a delivery truck for each station that is there to deliver the bags. I mean at $50+ per bag, I remember days when we had 5-10 bags that were missed. You don't even wanna know about the summer times with the weight restrictions.
Although I did load a brasilia once that was going to LAS and accidently loaded the LAX bags onto it. Yipes!
Although I did load a brasilia once that was going to LAS and accidently loaded the LAX bags onto it. Yipes!
joel_MQY
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Wow. Like we needed this joker to tell the public how to feel about RJs. He is more of a "glass is half-empty" guy. It doesn't matter what you do. The public will still want a 777 with all first class on every route for $29.99. Oh, and there better be a departure every hour! Oh, the gate must be RIGHT next to the check-in counter, too!
Aviator737
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Well, I like his books, anyway. 
