They've got a while to go before they catch up to Southwest in my personal pantheon of airline demons, but ATA seems to be getting set to give it a real good try. When we woke up - already at the airport - at 5, our 6 am departure was listed as being on time. That lasted for a whole 20 minutes - the pilot went out to preflight the airplane, and discovered that there were multiple tires that were unacceptable. We're currently sitting in chairs at the gate waiting for new tires to be flown in for the airplane, and our estimated departure has been pushed back by at least 3 hours.
Hey, ATA, here's a question for you: how much of an extra effort would it have required to have one of the mechanics check the plane after it arrived here last night? You still might not have been able to get new tires in until late this morning, but at least everyone wouldn't have had to show up three hours before the plane's gonna be ready.
I've got to say, though, it's good to see that the airline industry's making an effort to ensure that Congress isn't the group of workers with the worst approval ratings in the nation.
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My apologies Mike but your story was almost too funny except that I don't think that anyone could have made it up.
Never fear though there are other folks hard at work to make us feel safer if not less annoyed. You might enjoy finding out where some of your tax money is going...
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