Tranny = OWNED!

[roughneck]

It doesn't seem that your forward cabin seats sellout until the day of the flight. Do you guys give the First class seats away at the last minute?

 

[humveedriver]

It doesn't seem that your forward cabin seats sellout until the day of the flight. Do you guys give the First class seats away at the last minute?

Generaly speaking, no, they are not given away. AirTran has conditioned the quasi-business traveller to get to the gate 1-2 hours early to buy a BC upgrade at the gate for 60-80 bucks more. Saves them 200-300 bucks one way. It seems to be a gamble that alot of customers take advantage of. Part of me will be sad to see that product go away. But if the plan is to go to all leather seats with more pitch and generate more revenue by adding more seats, I'm all for that.

 

[tankerhead]

Do AT's aircraft seem kinda nasty and grubby inside as compared to Southwest's? Or is it just me.

I feel like one cabin is comparable to a beater '85 Escort with Taco Bell wrappers on the floor and the other is a nice, barely used clean Toyota Camry.

 

[dedazo]

Do AT's aircraft seem kinda nasty and grubby inside as compared to Southwest's? Or is it just me.

I feel like one cabin is comparable to a beater '85 Escort with Taco Bell wrappers on the floor and the other is a nice, barely used clean Toyota Camry.

Its you...you are used to your beater 85 escort with the taco bell wrappers, so that is what you envision on the road..

 

[tankerhead]

Its you...you are used to your beater 85 escort with the taco bell wrappers, so that is what you envision on the road..

OK, sorry. It's just that I fly the dang thing (717), and jumpseat all the time, and I personally think most of them are disgusting. Even the front 12 seats.

I was a paying passenger on a purple -300 (sans sunroof option) twice last month and it looked and smelled (smelt?) like a new car.

For the record, I DO drive beaters with wrappers on the floor, but at least they're mine.

 

[DonVerita]

Here is a breakdown of why the planes are dirty inside:

1. AirTran management´s blind obsession with the almighty "on-time" at the detriment of everything else.

2. Gate agents sending passengers down the jetway with no regard, or care, if the cleaners have showed up, are onboard, or if the F/A´s are ready to commence boarding. See reason #1.

3. AirTran management policy of not delaying boarding for Cleaners. That translates into WE DON´T CARE. That´s after already having a ridiculous 40 minute boarding policy instead of the standard 30...even if the plane is only half full.

4. AirTran management not holding cleaners responsible for being late to the plane. If the cleaners are late and boarding has already commenced, the plane just doesn´t get cleaned and no one is held responsible. Complicit incompetence at its finest.

 

[scoreboardII]

This issue of cleaning will be solved once the FA's start cleaning the jet and have it clean before the last pax is off, just like SWA.



Or not.

 

[waka]

Just to clarify. Is that when we get to innaugurate B.O.'s replacement?

Nope. That is when Obama is sworn in for his second term.

 

[Donald]

Culture Example: Many of the pilots will help the FA's pick up trash during the turn. Not all, but many.

 

[OurMoney1]

The nice part about the SWA 300 is they are paid for. That sound you hear going by is profit.

A nice position to be in no matter what the market is doiong.