Never fly AirTran. Never, never, ever fly AirTran.

[tzikeh]

This is why you should never fly AirTran.

Be sure to read the comments for further information on why you should never fly AirTran.

Comments

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

I flew Air Tran once. Didn't have any of the problems you describe, but being charged $25 for the first 2 pieces of luggage and $50 for a 3rd? Fuck that noise.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

:nod: Not my problems, but earlgreytea68's. Obscene.

[sol-se.livejournal.com]

WOW. When I was first looking for VVC plane tickets, I was trying AirTran first because they advertised that new wifi service, but they don't fly into O'Hare. I'm so glad that I had to go with another airline now. That sounds like a horrible experience!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

PHEW! Glad you didn't go with them--I think they fly to Midway.

[klia.livejournal.com]

Remember ValuJet? They had that crash in the Florida everglades back in '96 that killed 110 people, the cause of which was incompetence on the part of their contracted maintenance staff? They changed their name to AirTran.

Yeah, I'll never fly them, either.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Holy. Shit.

Okay, um... thank you for that info. I'll be sure to pass it along to all and sundry.

[klia.livejournal.com]

I just posted that info over there.

[silveraspen]

... THAT'S who they are?

Time to flee for any other airline ever.

[klia.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's who they are:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ValuJet_Airlines

I always felt the name change was pretty sneaky and underhanded, too, because they did it to distance themselves from the crash, which is something most other airlines can't do.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

Much like Blackwater changing its name to Xe. Cause no one will ever be able to figure that out!

[klia.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Because we're all dumb sheep.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

The day that crash happened, a friend of mine was flying in to visit me in Miami. I saw the news and FREAKED. Turned out, his was the last ValueJet to fly that day - right after the previous one.

When his plane landed, the news cameras were there interviewing every person who got off the plane, and none of them had any clue what had happened.

TOTALLY scary, weird day.

[klia.livejournal.com]

GAAAAAHHHH! I'm glad he made it safe and sound!

Also? What an appalling, gruesome lot the news media are. Ick.

[vickita.livejournal.com]

The good news for me is that AirTran doesn't fly out of my local airport, so it's never an issue. :-)

I habitually fly American, Continental or Southwest, depending on which one of them fits into my schedule best and offers the best price. They're none of them perfect, but I tend to prefer them over the alternatives, such as they are. *sigh*

[susieq3282.livejournal.com]

Read about the Continental debacle with one of their commuter in Rochester Minn. 9 hours in a sardine can yesterday. http://www.startribune.com/local/east/52798827.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:-DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUF

[susieq3282.livejournal.com]

Read about the Continental debacle with one of their commuter planes in Rochester Minn. 9 hours in a sardine can yesterday. http://www.startribune.com/local/east/52798827.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:-DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUF

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

:nod: All airlines have problems. But I've flown all over the country with some regularity on Continental and never had a real problem. It's like when a plane crashes--everyone goes nuts, but that's because it's in the news. What *isn't* in the news is the thousands of planes that land safely every single day. So, we don't hear about the thousands of hassle-free flights, because they're not news.

[vickita.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, like I said, ain't none of 'em perfect; if I restrict myself to airlines that have never had angry customers, I'm going to be pretty much restricted to places that I can drive to. But I've flown Continental -- and American, and Southwest -- a lot, and gotten to where I've needed to go with (relatively) minimal hassles, which is more than I can say for United. And Delta. And US Air. *sigh*

[delle.livejournal.com]

airtran is one of my few options to get to Atlanta for D*C. I am not happy about this.

[magdalene1.livejournal.com]

Yikes. Air travel is getting more and more squalid by the second, isn't it?