[Butch Cassidy Slept Here]

Silent Bob said of me: Come puffer (fish), we will wait.

Hey, I aim to please!! Lets start with Silent. If anyone doubted his blind allegiance to the airlines (and his lesser-known affinity to neo-Facism) check-out this post (scroll-down to the bottom.)

http://www.airlinecomplaints.org/sho...0361#post10361

Now, to the larger issue: The matter of all the other airline shills on here who are posing as “being helpful.” We’ll set aside the question of whether said shills think a police state is the greatest thing since sliced bread was invented. Lets get onto the matter of passenger rights, or responsible behavior on the part of US-based airlines. As I recall, at least, one of the airline shills on here, with a straight face, suggested passenger rights was an irrelevant topic for this board! In referring to the advocates for passenger rights I’ll use a pet phrase of Silent’s: “puffer fish.” Silent defines this term in his post as contained in the above link.

Silent, and other airline shills: Meet MORE “puffer fish!” Now, I bet you thought I was the only one!

USA Today

Looks like this paper has gone over to the “puffer fish” side. They recently ran an editorial in support of a limit on the amount of time passengers can be held hostage on the tarmac. See:

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/...ac.html?csp=34

In this piece you’ll note a statistic the Air Transport Association (“ATA”) (the propaganda, and politician pay-off, unit of the major US-based airlines) does not want you to know: Since 2007, 200,000 domestic (US) passengers have been held hostage in tarmac incidents of three hours in duration or more! The ATA would have you believe, rather than 200,000, the real figure is no more than a few dozen.


DIANA FAIRECHILD

Ms. Fairechild calls herself an “airline cabin environmentalist.” Her speciality of passenger rights is to advocate against pesticide use aboard aircraft, while passengers are present, and air quality in flight. In commenting on the air quality issue Ms. Fairechild makes reference to pilots trying to dismiss her as mentally ill, or “hallucinating,” when she complained of poor cabin air quality. Again, you’ll note the similiarity to some of the airline shills on this board who, likewise, try to dismiss “pro-consumer” comment as that of someone who is mentally ill.

Silent, and his friends, probably classify Ms. Fairechild as a “turncoat;” someone who went over to the “puffer fish” camp. Ms. Fairechild worked, as a flight attendant, for Pan Am, then, after Pan Am was dissolved, for United. During her career she flew around 300 non-stops between Los Angeles and London, eventually racking-up around ten million miles of flying.

Ms. Fairechild’s website, with the headline, WARNING; AIRLINE CABINS MAY BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH can be found at the following link:

http://www.flyana.com/


KATE HANNI

Founder of COALLITION FOR AIRLINE PASSENGERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS (“CAPBOR”). See the following link:

http://www.flyersrights.com/3c.html

CAPBOR is, officially, a generic passenger rights organization. However, a lot of their time is spent promoting the passage of legislation limiting the amount of time one can be held hostage in a tarmac delay to 3 hours.

If one of the airline shills on this board had their way, this woman’s name would be banned from this board. “This isn’t Kate Hanni’s site” was my admonishment from one of these distinguished individuals!

Soooo, in conclusion…

Silent I await your response. Specifically does the above, in your view, represent nothing more than, yet another, school of “puffer fish?” Don’t be shy now. You were such a big man before. Certainly you can do the same again. Here kitty, here kitty!

Naturally, the comments of Silent’s co-conspirators (the other airline shills on here) would be most welcome. After all, you’ve got to earn what ever you’re being paid from the airlines or the ATA. Maybe some of you guys earn promotions on the basis of your posts! Oh, I forgot, almost none of you are airline employees!