American Airlines

[CardsofSTL]

I love a good road trip but sometimes flying is necessary.

American Airlines and United are [expletive].

Delta has cleaned up their act the last couple years and are ok.

Alaska is my favorite and they have a non-stop between Seattle and Columbus that I take frequently since I have family in the Seattle area

Southwest is ok for service and general reliability but not enough direct flights to the places I normally want to travel.

I don't for anything that I think might go out of business before my return flight.

[Popeye_Card]

I fly a decent amount (probably 10-15 times a year for business, 2-3 times for personal), and I don't think the airline experience has gotten appreciably worse. There are some minor annoyances - they find any excuse not to do cabin service, occasional flight delays, fare rules, etc. - but at least most of the planes are clean and up to date.

Other passengers annoy me way more than the airlines do. The odd and rude ways they board/de-board the plane, have the volume on their phone so loud that half the plane can hear their conversation or whatever TikTok video they are watching, get insanely pissy if you recline your seat even a fraction of an inch, decide that they can just piss wherever in the lavatory, etc. Airports and airplanes seem to bring out the very worst of society.

[cardinalkarp]

I fly a decent amount (probably 10-15 times a year for business, 2-3 times for personal), and I don't think the airline experience has gotten appreciably worse. There are some minor annoyances - they find any excuse not to do cabin service, occasional flight delays, fare rules, etc. - but at least most of the planes are clean and up to date.

Other passengers annoy me way more than the airlines do. The odd and rude ways they board/de-board the plane, have the volume on their phone so loud that half the plane can hear their conversation or whatever TikTok video they are watching, get insanely pissy if you recline your seat even a fraction of an inch, decide that they can just piss wherever in the lavatory, etc. Airports and airplanes seem to bring out the very worst of society.

That’s part of the experience, no?

I understand some people have to fly and therefore it’s a necessary part of life, I thankfully am not one of those people.

[CardsofSTL]

People are just in general privileged jackasses these days; being in an enclosed metal tube exacerbates that.

I know everyone is different and some people have issues; but the way that plane lavatory door swings open so many times during a flight always shocks me. I have used a lavatory on a plane once in my life; and that was because I was on board for over 8 hours.