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United Airlines warns of massive layoffs without federal aid

I don’t care if AA goes out of business. Someone else will take their place.

I refuse to fly thanks to long lines and the TSA, If I want to go cross country, I’ll Drive.

Ive done Albuquerque to Mobile Al, less than 2 days, no big deal.
(6 hr stop at motel). Cheaper than AA tickets.

And far less stressful.
 
The joke running around the internet is that we should tell the airlines we're giving them a bailout, but keep delaying it over and over and eventually cancel it and give them hotel vouchers.

I don't know if that's funny because it so divorced from reality or if it's funny because it is so close to reality.

The only time I ever had any flight problems was the one time that the takeoff was delayed by four hours (during which we had to sit in the NON air conditioned aircraft without anything to eat or drink so that we arrived at our destination after the airport had closed for the night and there were no arrangements made to deal with the passengers (either connecting or ending). The airline staff who were still on duty had all closeted themselves in the staff lounge and weren't about to budge to deal with the newly arrived passengers. It's amazing how much cooperation you can get when you ignore the "DO NOT ENTER signs so that you can tell people that you are about to telephone the local media outlets (and the local branches of the national/international media outlets) and let them know what is happening and that you want to speak to the president of the airline PERSONALLY in order to straighten it out.
 
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