Comments on: This Is Exactly Why I Hate Flying Southwest

By: Brent M. Jones

Brent M. Jones — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:02:05 +0000

This is exactly why I ONLY fly Southwest here in Texas. Most of my fellow passengers also at least seem to enjoy the entertainment. I’ve had flight attendants deliberately (and hilariously) sing off key, tell jokes, ask everyone to sing “Happy Birthday” for a little girl, even impersonate celebrities. Last year (2008) on a flight from San Antonio to Dallas, Herb Kelleher — founder and former CEO of SWA — boarded our flight and started handing out peanuts, shaking hands, and joking with passengers. These always lighten my day. Obviously, judging by these posts, this is not for everyone, and I do respect that. But I love Southwest’s lighthearted attitude.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:38:18 +0000

Christ. I would be tempted to get up and try to leave the plane if I was in that situation.

Sign me,
Another Southwest Hater

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:05:13 +0000

I think I’m the only guy who likes this. I would have LOVED this dude. Keep on dude. Keep on.

By: Lee Ann

Lee Ann — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:39:16 +0000

I can fly home from Nashville to Milwaukee for usually no more than $200, non-stop, rarely an overstuffed plane, almost never delayed and not packed in like a sardine (they also have great leg room). The only time that I had a really bad experience was due to bad weather and the lack of a flight crew (they were stuck in TX) – 14 hours at Nashvilles airport – and yes it sucked, but they gave me a free flight, food vouchers – no fuss, no arguments, free cocktails on the flight and extra cookies if I chose. I got to Milwaukee happily baked.

Any other airline would have said ‘screw you, we cant help mother nature’. American for example – who I cant stand, because they did just that to me once.

Worst airline ever though is Delta.

By: Adam Witt

Adam Witt — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:50:40 +0000

They bake cookies? That’s ridiculous.

By: Kate James

Kate James — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:46:45 +0000

Yes, that’s too much.

By: Stephen Schmidt

Stephen Schmidt — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:34:27 +0000

I don’t anymore. They used to be the cheapest, but now I fly shitty United. The airline that “books” 6 flights a day, then sees which one is the fullest, and cancels the rest, and crams them into the one flight. That’s happened to me 3 times in the last two months. One other difference, on Southwest, you get the pleasure of a full can of soda. On United? They fill your stupid half-plastic cup, and call it a job well done.

All airlines suck balls. Fuck cookies. I want cheaper flights, no bullshit and no one to charge me if I want to sit on the aisle. Is that too much?

By: blk

blk — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:51:15 +0000

First of all I call racism. How dare you have the black guy rapping… or at least that’s what I assume he ended up doing because about 30 seconds into the thing I vomitted on myself and couldn’t watch any further.

“Unless I get some audience participation this isn’t going to go over well at all”… well guess what RUN DMC, assume the crash position.

blk

By: Kate James

Kate James — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:26:20 +0000

I was at Marquette and flew a few times on Midwest to the East Coast (they didn’t fly to mid-Michigan where I grew up). I’ll never forget the first time that my brother flew with them (when he was at grad school at MU) and he couldn’t stop talking about the cookies. I remember we talked about buying stock in Midwest because we thought it was such a great idea!

By: Lee Ann

Lee Ann — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:17:20 +0000

Well it was a little bit better when they first launched and you got free champagne on every flight but that was a long time ago.

Kate, I am so pleased someone knew what I was talking about. My only complaint is they could hand out an extra napkin because the warm, melted chocolate chips are so gooey and delicious that it turns passengers into 5 year olds with sticky cookie fingers. You see people in business suits smiling and literally licking their fingers – and it isnt the guys from AIG who got those fat bonuses.

Were you at Marquette or UW-M?