Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)
On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 17:27:28 -0500
"Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@connexer.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 12:06:45AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 16:36:08 -0500
> > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@connexer.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hence, with a discincentive for the big airlines to improve we are
> > > dealing with declining levels of service (remember when they
> > > actually used to serve meals on 4+ hour long flights) and
> > > increasing
> >
> > In Europe meals are served even on flights less then 2 hours.
> >
> Right, but is the cost of airfare comparable? I just punched in to
> travelocity for Miami to Atlanta with no date restrictions. Fares
> range from $163.00 to $441.50. What would a similar flight cost in
> Europe?
Are you talking about total price? (total price = fare + taxes). Are
these low-cost carriers? And it can vary a lot if there are direct
flights or not.
I will look it up tomorrow and will come back with some price
comparisons.
> > > inconveniences (how many more bags are lost today compared to the
> > > past).
> >
> > This should be the result of increasing passenger figures and more
> > complicated (as in time consuming) security measures.
> >
> Except that the security measures (for baggage) are no more complex
> than they were in the past. Besides, everything is computerized now.
AFAIK in Europe bags are now scanned (again) at transfer points. This
increases the chances of bags not being transferred on time (which is
by far the main reason for delayed bags).
Regards,
Andrei
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