Jun 21, 2007
Honestly, we’re not on a trend here with this posting or our prior one on Sneaky Leaker, but we had to comment, as this is something those of us that travel frequently have to deal with. The continual demise of the American based airline industry. We American’s have had to deal with the constant decay of service(s), truly inadaquite security, quality of aircraft, along with delays/cancellations as well as the absence of simple curtious customer service. We at Guilty, have flown airlines from the UK, India, Japan, France etc, but no other industry has reached the depths of distain for the american travelling public, like the American based airline industry. Now in this recent posting about a flight from Ireland, passengers had to deal with “Crap”, literally. I just have to wonder when will we American public say “enough is enough” and start speaking up when things don’t meet our needs or expectations? More importantly, when will corporate america see that while they may be gaining revenue/profits by cutting back on certain levels, they are losing cunsumer loyalty and respect. Something you can’t put a price on. Read on.
New Jersey (eCanadaNow) – People traveling by plane have become use to bad food, long waits and maybe even the occasion yelling child. However passangers aboard Continental flight 71 traveling from Ireland to New Jersey had to put up with a lot more “crap.” The 168 passengers on the flight had to deal with leaking sewage from the lavatories for the entire duration of their flight. Flight crew encouraged people not to eat or drink during the flight so they would not need to use the washroom. The plane did have one working toilet. The flight resumed the next day after the problem appeared to have been fixed. But over the Atlantic, the problem returned, said Continental spokesperson Dave Messing. What could cause such a problem? Airline officials say the cause of the leakage was due to someone “trying” to flush a latex glove down the toilet. Continental said they were very sorry about the problem and gave passengers travel vouchers.
