AIR TRAVEL: Buttigieg says there are going to be challenges

By artappraiser on Fri, 07/01/2022 - 9:54pm |

Millions of us are planning to travel to be with loved ones over this holiday weekend. We’re engaging airlines every day about their responsibility to make sure operations are resilient & provide good customer services when problems happen. pic.twitter.com/mmaG460wBT
— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) June 30, 2022

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https://twitter.com/SecretaryPete/status/1542517284563845125?s=20&t=J0-vFSkH-DjnIPRV6KIzKA

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HAPPENING NOW: Dozens of @Delta pilots are picketing at the @ATLairport. More than 400 pilots are here today protesting flight schedules and work conditions. Details now on @GoodDayAtlanta pic.twitter.com/yK4pB51ezE
— Brooke Zauner (@BrookeZaunerTV) June 30, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/01/2022 - 9:54pm

FWIW, I see United's got someone manning Twitter watching for complaints:

These airlines are a joke waiting in line for them to clean a plane and delaying flights 2 hours and you don’t get shit in return. THANKS FOR NOTHING @UnitedAirlines
— Ron Harper (@HARPER04_5) July 2, 2022

We're sorry to hear about the wait today, Ron. Our teams are doing their best to get everyone on their way in a timely manner. Can you send us a DM with your confirmation number so we can take a closer look into this? ^JK https://t.co/Y6hG6uklaR
— United Airlines (@united) July 2, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/01/2022 - 10:00pm

So while Joe Biden might have appreciated Bernie Sanders saying he wasn't running against him in 2024 (CC: @jmartNYT), this list-activation email suggests Sanders very much wouldn't mind contrasting himself with Pete Buttigieg pic.twitter.com/j9EMJTRLdf
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 1, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/01/2022 - 10:02pm

WELCOME TO THE JULY 4th HOLIDAY AIRLINE PAIN INDEX!

This is a new thread; the old got too long.

We’re tracking airline cancellations & delays, comparing the US to the rest of the world.

You can always check live stats for yourself here:https://t.co/TCQnzL4buQ
— KC-10 Driver B-737 Wrangler (@MCCCANM) July 1, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/01/2022 - 10:03pm

Ten thousand dollars to miss an airline flight? That’s what some passengers flying with Delta Air Lines out of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford International Airport say they were offered earlier this week.https://t.co/UftEH8W2ST
— WFRV Local 5 (@WFRVLocal5) July 2, 2022

Related: when checking in for our recent flight, airline asked us to pre-name our price (2,3, or 400) to get bumped as a preemptive auction to get the voucher. They were up to $1000 before we boarded. It's hard to accept because who even has a direct flight anymore https://t.co/YfL08stLOO
— Craig Kaplan (@TriggerLoop) July 2, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/01/2022 - 10:15pm

Understanding the Summer Air Travel Mess

Going into the Fourth of July weekend, with nearly 13 million people expected to fly on U.S. carriers, we look at the numbers behind the delays and cancellations and see what lessons can be learned.

By Heather Murphy @ NYTimes.com, July 1, 2022 Updated 4:14 p.m. ET

More people flew out of airports in the United States on Sunday — 2.46 million according to the Transportation Security Administration — than on any other day so far this year. The Fourth of July holiday is expected to be even busier, with Hopper, a travel booking app, predicting that nearly 13 million passengers will fly to, from and within the United States this weekend.

The question for many travelers is whether they can trust airlines to get them where they want to go on time.

You could not blame them for assuming the answer is no. On June 17, the Friday before the Monday Juneteenth holiday, nearly a third of flights arrived late, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking company. Between last Saturday and Monday ahead of the Fourth of July weekend, U.S. carriers already canceled nearly 2,500 flights. In a June 16 meeting, Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, told airlines that he’d be closely monitoring their performance. The very next day, his own flight from Washington to New York was canceled.

In a letter on Tuesday, Senator Bernie Sanders urged Mr. Buttigieg to begin fining airlines for particularly egregious cancellations and delays. Among other proposals, he suggested that airlines should pay $55,000 per passenger for any canceled flight that it was clear in advance they could not staff.

Before postponing any upcoming trip, though, it’s worth taking a close look at cancellation and delay data for insights into how travel has, and has not, changed this year [....]

Percentage of cancellations so far this year vs. a comparable time in 2019: 2.8 percent vs. 2.1 percent.

Lesson: The idea that air travel was so much better before the pandemic may be clouded by nostalgia for Before Times.

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/01/2022 - 10:24pm

Maybe Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court could have issued a dumbfuck rulling about airplane travel to fuck things up even more - disappointed in them - I'm sure there was plenty of precedent from the Founding Fathers to go on

Of course another COVID wave would be great to mix in with everyone's rights and concerns...

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/02/2022 - 2:06am

HIGHLY obsessed with the woman feigning a panic attack to get into the fully booked airport lounge. The hyperventilation has indeed stopped now she’s sat with a glass of prosecco in her hand reading a magazine x
— harry x (@harryjonesxx) July 1, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/02/2022 - 2:46am

Andrew Yang:

Did I just spend 4+ hours sitting on a runway waiting for my plane to take off? Yes I did.
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) July 2, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/02/2022 - 2:37pm

video looks like I remember it the last time I was there, I guess there's always something like bomb threat going on at JFK,

Breaking: JFK airport in NYC is being evacuated due to a ‘security incident’ at terminal 4. pic.twitter.com/HJyiGtU71u
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) July 3, 2022

JFK Evacuation: Airport Passengers Exit Terminal 4 for ‘Security Incident’ – NBC New York https://t.co/jHchRreuzX
— Lynne Slade (@SladeLynne) July 3, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/04/2022 - 3:06am

This is Heathrow. Isn’t it coincidence that the same thing is happening all over the world? pic.twitter.com/m0H06fE5Sa
— Chicken Gate (@ChickenGate) July 3, 2022

British Airways passengers wait days to be reunited with their bags amid Heathrow luggage mountain https://t.co/IntobJLXol
— Manny Hood (@ManLeeHood) July 3, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/04/2022 - 6:17am

As of late on Sunday night, almost 1,000 flights were scrapped - with at least 8,498 delayed due to bad weather and staff shortageshttps://t.co/0L4zh2Wf7B pic.twitter.com/rRiGqkgW0P
— The US Sun (@TheSunUS) July 4, 2022

The July 4th weekend chaos has been worsened by Tropical Storm Bonnie and Tropical Storm Colin pic.twitter.com/zQHtsUbO0v
— The US Sun (@TheSunUS) July 4, 2022

Colin put storm warnings in effect for much of the coastal Carolinas this weekend and is said to affect Fourth of July gatherings with heavy rainfallhttps://t.co/0L4zh2Wf7B
— The US Sun (@TheSunUS) July 4, 2022

A Delta Airlines pilot, who wished to remain anonymous, explained why so many flights are getting canceled

Check out the full story here https://t.co/0L4zh2Wf7B
— The US Sun (@TheSunUS) July 4, 2022

much more on that twitter thread

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/04/2022 - 5:59pm

AIR TRAVEL: Buttigieg says there are going to be challenges

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