[PHXFlyer]

Originally Posted by justme

PHXflyer, curious about something... self admittedly you are not nor have you ever been an airline employee, yet you state specific airline practices as if you know from personal experience that they are fact, when in actuality they are not. What sort of morons do you think the rest of us are that we should believe everything you write as fact and gospel. This time you are the one that needs to do the research before you go posting half-truths. One. Quoting PHXflyer: "Delta also blocks almost half the seats on any aircraft for elites and airport assignment." No airline, not even this horrific Delta you speak of, blocks more than 10 seats on any specific flight. Most airlines (Delta included, but they were not the ones who started the trend) have started charging more for bulkhead, aisle, exit rows, etc as "premium seats." Another possibility that the ill-willed PHX failed to mention is that similar seats are blocked so that persons with disabilities can be accomidated(sic) when special needs arise.

I never called anyone a "moron" YOU DID! DON'T PUT WORDS INTO MY MOUTH! Do you book at least 6 or more round-trips on Delta every year? Just go online and do a test booking. Book a date as far out as possible such as for May or June of next year. See how many seats are available to choose from. From the exit rows forward are generally blocked for elites. Bulkhead rows can only be selected at the airport. The rear half of the aircraft usually has one to three rows blocks for airport assignment as well to accommodate families, children traveling alone, etc. SO if the front half of the plane is clocked and the rear half has some blocked rows as well then that leaves about 50% of the seats which can be selected by non-elites.

Originally Posted by justme

Two. Quting(sic) PHXflyer: "Delta has four versions of the 757-200, six versions of the 767 and two versions of the 777." Wrong again, but the point is, how do you know? You've never worked for them and if you would have bothered to look it up you might've(sic) gotten it right. Delta, as found on delta.com, has 3 versions of the 757, 3 versions of the 767, and 2 versions of the 777.

There is a website called seatguru.com. It shows the interior layout of every single aircraft of most major carriers. Your count is just variants of the type. Here are all of the types and all have different seat configurations:

757-200 Version 1
757-200 Version 2
757-200 Transcon
757-200 Ex-TWA

767-300
767-300ER Version 1
767-300ER Version 2
767-400ER Version 1
767-400ER Version 2
767-400ER Transatlantic

777-200ER
777200LR

Originally Posted by justme

On a separate note, since I already know that PHXflyer is going to attack me personally by saying my former posts, and by proxy then, this post are/is inaccurate, I will just halt that in its tracks by saying that while the information in previous said posts may not have matched what he/she found on the internet, Airtran did in fact lay off more than the 500 people PHXflyer suggests.

THAT is a blatant LIE! Here is exactly what I posted:

Originally Posted by PHXFlyer

I did some checking. 169 pilots and 480 other personnel back in Sept. '08. That doesn't seem to equal 2000 and internet searches didn't come up with any other significant workforce reduction at AirTran since then.

Again, your math skills are seriously lacking. What's 169+480? I think the answer is 649. Where did you come up with 500? I never said that. You, however, "exaggerated" the figure:

Originally Posted by justme

Just putting this out there for consideration. AirTran just recently laid off over 2000 employees to cut costs...

Another blatant lie. Are you even capable of telling the truth?

Originally Posted by justme

The subject of using the lav that is in your class of cabin is in fact a current regulation, whether PHXflyer says it is or not. Since I was recently closely involved with security protocols of a major airline, I know that to be the case, unlike PHXflyer who, again by self admission, is not and never has been an airline employee. Who am I to believe? My security training or some random want-to-be know-it-all? Not to mention that I was not the first or only person that said the regulation was true, yet I was the only one that was attacked. Sorry to anyone who has read all of this when it's not related to you, I only wanted to highlight PHXflyer's lopsided opinions and own "half-truths."

Really? Why don't you provide a link to the TSA directive that states that. I quoted the rule in the post. I also provided a link to the information about the DCA rule post 9/11 which was suspended more than FOUR YEARS AGO and yet you claimed it was still in force. You call my posts lopsided but never owned your blatant error on that one! And what is this security training that you speak of? Are you a TSO? If so, you should have identified yourself as such to the moderator of this board.