To paraphrase a recent editorial in The New York Post: To those with unfettered motives—If my posts have offended, I am sorry. To those who’s agenda is to silence commentary favoring airline customers—no apology is due.
To the latter, and to anyone else, I direct your attention to the following link:
http://www.airlines.org/
As can be seen, this organization (The Air Transport Association—“ATA”) mirrors the sentiments of those on this board who, while not always defending airlines, tend to defend more often than not. In addition to this website, the ATA has paid lobbyists and publicity staff. There is, at least, one other similar organization representing the interests of smaller US-based airlines. On the other hand, airline customers are left with little more than boards like this to express their concerns. Accordingly, I submit the power of effective communication, and influence, is clearly on the side of the airlines. I fail to see how, to any reasonable person, it can be said the airlines do NOT have a meaningful voice on this site. My posts about the absence of civil rights on airport property, and on-board aircraft, have received strong criticism. Whether some would cite this position as, yet another, reason for my being banned I do not know.
As to my future posts, I may be less than congenial. However I expect all of my posts should conform to any reasonable (and agenda-free) person’s standard of decency. I acknowledge the moderator as the final arbiter of what is appropriate content.
As to PHXFlyer: If he is allowed back on this board it appears he, first, has some explaining to do. Based on his postings, elsewhere on the internet, the phrase “flight attendant,” or “former flight attendant” should appear below his screen name on this board as is the case for other airline staff who post here. For those who do not know, “CharliePhxAZ” is the prefix on PHX’s e-mail address. I suppose someone else could use that as a screen name, but I don’t think the statistical probability favors that. Anyway, here is a link, to an internet posting, where PHX, or “Charlie,” admits to being a flight attendant. For those who have said e-mail address, you will note the screen name matches the e-mail prefix right down to the case variations. As far as I know, PHX does not have the ability to delete his posting as contained in this link.
http://longboardsector.com/longboard...erhead-storage