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Re: Flying for Thanksgiving

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Post by chrisseaton »

rtb wrote: post #53
AshleyGrant wrote: post #5

Flying on Thanksgiving Day is a joy. I've done it twice now. The ATL concourses are practically empty. It is a bit strange to see the flight boards almost empty on a Thursday morning. I do bring $5 Starbucks gift cards for the entire crew of every flight I'm on to thank them for having to work on a day when most of the country is with family. It's not much, but it's something. The folks flying on holidays are low on…

Why $5 Starbucks gift cards and not $5 cash?

Handing out cash is a bit gauche, isn't it?

Re: Flying for Thanksgiving

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Post by Domark »

ankit219 wrote: post #33

I discovered this about three years back as well. India has quite a few holidays when you are required to travel to your home with two major festivals - Diwali(Oct/Nov) and Holi (March). Since, it is important for people to be at home for these festivals, they would book early, or take costly flights, or alternate flights. With my parents being flexible, and understanding about how I love them even when I am a day la…

It’s a shame you’ll miss the festival travelling!

To each his/her own.

Re: Flying for Thanksgiving

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Post by chrisseaton »

ghaff wrote: post #60
chrisseaton wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s funny - I almost never see anyone using inflight entertainment screens any more. People are always watching Netflix or listening to something instead. And I think my view is supported by airlines starting to remove those screens because they’re not being used.

Depends on the airline and the plane. If anything, I would have said there was a trend toward in-flight on-demand programming at no charge. It's increasingly delivered over WiFi but, in my experience, there's usually a screen as well. Admittedly, my experience is mostly limited to United (trending toward on-demand) and JetBlue (just free DirectTV AFAIK).

> toward in-flight on-demand programming at no charge

Huh? I've never ever seen a charge for inflight entertainment, and I fly United all the time. Maybe different routes, then.

Re: Flying for Thanksgiving

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Post by ataturk »

ankit219 wrote: post #33

I discovered this about three years back as well. India has quite a few holidays when you are required to travel to your home with two major festivals - Diwali(Oct/Nov) and Holi (March). Since, it is important for people to be at home for these festivals, they would book early, or take costly flights, or alternate flights. With my parents being flexible, and understanding about how I love them even when I am a day la…

What you don't realize is that this is how most of the world was until it became horrifically overcrowded everywhere. Although admittedly, I have no idea when India wasn't overcrowded. In the States, every place has gotten to be a gridlocked mess nearly all the time and it is terrible.

I drove to work today just to enjoy what should be "normal" traffic levels, not the 5mph, stop and go, everyone cutting you off, nightmare.

Re: Flying for Thanksgiving

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Post by DangerousPie »

AshleyGrant wrote: post #5

Flying on Thanksgiving Day is a joy. I've done it twice now. The ATL concourses are practically empty. It is a bit strange to see the flight boards almost empty on a Thursday morning. I do bring $5 Starbucks gift cards for the entire crew of every flight I'm on to thank them for having to work on a day when most of the country is with family. It's not much, but it's something. The folks flying on holidays are low on…

Don't you end up paying more for the gift cards than you saved by flying a day later?

Re: Flying for Thanksgiving

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Post by bronco21016 »

scirocco wrote: post #46
AshleyGrant wrote: post #5

Flying on Thanksgiving Day is a joy. I've done it twice now. The ATL concourses are practically empty. It is a bit strange to see the flight boards almost empty on a Thursday morning. I do bring $5 Starbucks gift cards for the entire crew of every flight I'm on to thank them for having to work on a day when most of the country is with family. It's not much, but it's something. The folks flying on holidays are low on…

Wouldn't you get paid extra for working on such a day?

I’ve not heard of any airline doing that for the pilots. I’m not sure about other employee groups. The attitude is that it’s a 24/7 operation and everyone knows this going in. No special days.

Re: Flying for Thanksgiving

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Post by ForHackernews »

> I don’t know the backstory of why most FOIA requests end up with data being formatted in the worst way possible

It's malicious compliance. They're required to give you the info, but they aren't required to make your life easier.

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