Comments on: LOL, LMAO, IMHO, POS and Other Critical Acronyms.

By: Eloy Lauder

Eloy Lauder — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:38:01 +0000

Excellent stuff.

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By: Cole Carley

Cole Carley — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:01:08 +0000

2 Things:
First, right on the Delta thing. I still can’t figure out why airlines have forgotten they’re in the passenger business.
Second, it was Dan Fogelberg, not Jackson Browne. The song was “Same Auld Lange Syne.”

By: Don Hyink

Don Hyink — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:45:11 +0000

Hey Bruce,

What did you think of the Frank Lloyd Wright design and influence?

On the travails of travel, I can’t seem to escape the thought that we the people have been lost in the business plan. Banks offer more fees and less interest for savings accounts, airlines charge more and sometimes actually get us and our belongings to our destination kind of on time. Political parties telling us what to do instead of representing us.It seems like the tail wagging the dog again. Is the real message in all of this that we don’t exist in the computations of what is good for the “bottom line”? Are they REALLY trying to just get rid of us? (We are alot of bother I guess.)

By: Mace

Mace — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:48:37 +0000

When it comes to airline flying, take a deep breath and bend over (or you can bend over first, your choice)…you’re going to feel a little bit of discomfort. As a pilot, I’m glad when they find things on the ground that when discovered in the air make you wish you were on the ground. What frosts my keester is the airlines’ lack of customer service and customer concern. They have us over a barrel unless you can afford private jet travel or don’t mind spending time on a Greyhound Bus with groups whose last shower was 5 days ago! “Sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight.” Bite me!

By: Dan Scharfman

Dan Scharfman — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:18:45 +0000

INTBIBIMITBN: It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice.

Before you snicker, know that in around 1983 I attended a motivational lecture in which the speaker actually recommended using “int bibby mitt bin” as a helpful reminder to use good manners at all times. Kinda catchy, don’t you think?

By: Mark W

Mark W — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:08:34 +0000

Preach on, Preach on!!

Just got back from a Detroit trip for a client booked on Delta last night.

Spent 2 hours on the tarmac after an hour delay which meant three hours without air or water stuck on the plane (seemingly, they can’t open their drink carts while on the runway), and then waited while they refused to cancel the flight in the hopes that the problem would be fixed in the next 4-6 hours (read: they didnt want to issue refunds and vouchers). Finally got in about 12 hours later on a different airline and caught a dinner with my team in Michigan at 2AM in a diner near the hotel.

If they are going to have constant issues like this, they could at least develop more reasonable contingency plans…

By: Mike Gentry

Mike Gentry — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:52:26 +0000

D-E-L-T-A

Doesn’t-Everyone-Loathe-This-Airline

By: John Calia

John Calia — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:35:19 +0000

Delta!! Are you kidding?

So, I had to go to Mumbai for a two week consulting gig and the best connections were through Paris on Air France which partners with — are you ready? — Delta! So, Delta’s Miami-Paris flight got sidetracked by a mechanical problem and they wanted to fly me to Atlanta to connect with another flight to Paris. T-storms in Atlanta and you know the rest.

So, they fly me to Newark and put me up overnight at the No-tell Motel and fly me to Paris the next day to pick the same connecting flight 24 hours later. I arrive in Mumbai and do you think they could get my luggage to India with an extra 24 hours to get it there? Of course not. Where are the bags? Paris. How did they get there? Who knows? All I know is that I have been in travel mode for 59 hours, it’s 2 AM in Mumbai and I’ve got a warm bed waiting at the JW Marriott. However, before I go I have to fill out a form and hand over my Passport so some guy in a T-shirt and sandals can run to the nearest photocopier (don’t ask me where) and take a picture of it.

Next day, I hire a car to take me to the mall so I can buy some clothes before I head out to Bangalore for the second leg of my trip.

I’ll tell you about the shopping trip when you do a blog on Malls.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:48:39 +0000

Sorry about your travels. I banned Delta 2 years ago and have not flown since after losing luggage twice on the same trip (to and from). You can’t use Atlanta as a connector. Never on time and baggage typically follows you on the next flight. The service agents at JFK are the rudest people I have ever met (although it is hard to find any airline today with friendly agents). Can’t blame them much, if I got yelled at every day I would not be all that happy either.

As I commute to Miami weekly I have found Southwest to be ok. American has improved slightly. Jetblue is great, if you can avoid JFK (which is almost impossible since it is their main hub). The airline industry is just horrific right now. The consolation is that most other industries are as well. Are we all beginning to settle because of the new world economic order being created. Sad but true, but the optimists will prevail and if nothing else, “make the best of it” in all we do.