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Dave’s Not Here's avatar

I drive everywhere, no more trusting airlines for my plans.

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ExcessDeathsAU's avatar

Boy oh boy the stories I could tell about Qantas the flying kangaroo...they sacked all the professional baggage handlers during 'covid' for some reason, now totally incompetent and people are afraid to fly them for fear the plane will be imbalanced. Also the service is so bad everyone hates it. They went woke, virtue signalling for gay, 'first nations' spending huge amounts of money painting the planes for every 'social issue.'

Australians have to fly everywhere - our country is huge and the main federal highway is a crappy two-lane road that is often flooded or closed due to fire and there are long distances between towns. It is dangerous to drive at night because it is not lit and there are kangaroos and livestock all over the road.

I found this through FOI if anyone is interested: " Australian aviation industry pressures federal government to implement vaccine mandates and gets knocked back, decides to implement them at the corporate level (FOI 4274)." https://vicparkpetition.substack.com/p/yes-they-did-know-australias-covid

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RANGER71's avatar

Wow!!! Sounds like traveling in a Donkey 🫏 .... no footprint 😂🤣Merry Christmas!!

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Sophia's avatar

Years ago, I saw a clip from a spoof airline commercial. A smiling stewardess spoke into a PA system with the slogan: "You'll feel like you never left the ground . . . because we treat you like dirt."

Maybe SAS would like to borrow the slogan. I hear it isn't in official use.

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epimetheus's avatar

Hihi, it's certainly apt, no doubt about that.

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Candy's avatar

First-world problems Lol

Hope you have a wonderful time together. Some things are worth waiting for

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epimetheus's avatar

No doubt about that.

They're scheduled to arrive tomorrow evening…

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kapock's avatar

Is the airline paying for the hotel?

Merry Christmas, epi

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epimetheus's avatar

Well, I suppose that a long and bitter dispute with 'customer "service"' will ensure before I can answer that question.

Merry Christmas!

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Rikard's avatar

Damn shame it is, how bad SAS has become. 30 years ago they were known for being much more reliable than other airlines, but I guess cost-cutting to increase profits has taken its toll.

25cm is a lot to shift manually. But if it's not done, well it just gets worse.

I think maybe shovelling snow would be good for corporate/political economists. Do it now, do it right or the cost of doing it at all becomes very steep, very quickly.

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epimetheus's avatar

Got some 40cm more last night…

As to your suggestion, well, I suppose that we're able to observe the crapification of the private sector, our once-proclaimed 'saviour' in terms of capabilities.

What is left?

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