Not voting for Biden because travel has gotten horrendous under him

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You fly once a year and this is your Hill to die on?

Even if you only fly once per year, you can inccur MASSIVE losses to the tune of thousands of dollars down the drain when airlines screw up and travel plans get delayed.

Funny how all of the sudden Dems sound like they don't care about the consumer and their rights anymore when they have incompetent leaders in charge while the entire system is a gigantic dumpster fire. Thousands and thousands of people at being economically harmed by airlines, where's Mayor Pete?

Just this week my wife's boss had to travel to Italy for a business trip. It was a direct friggin' flight with an American airline. The boss also paid for his wife to go because they turned it into a mini trip after the business meeting. What do you think the American airline did? Lose their baggage of course. They had to spend over $1000 each in order to buy clothing, health supplies, etc. over there.

Like how do you lose luggage on a direct friggin' flight? Of course the airline will make it possible to receive compensation for the costs incurred.

The bolded completely undercuts the complaints. These are not things the federal government controls.

[Anonymous]

I'm so glad that MAGA are finally FOR new regulations on businesses like airlines!

Finally we can all agree on something. The government needs to regulate businesses that have so much of an impact on our lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree OP. I travel a lot. Now when I travel in the US I expect problems. Europe not so much. It’s reliably delayed or canceled. Baggage issues haven’t been my issue but significant delays and cancellations with not effort to help. Canceling a flight from Cincinnati to DC and not have any solutions at all is not ok. A flight the next day to Chicago is not a real solution but that is what we weee offered. 8 hour delay in Seattle. 3 hours in the runway at Dulles. So long that a passenger claimed a medical emergency to get off the plan. It’s bananas now.

I'm not saying you're travels haven't been bananas recently. I'll take your word for it. To blame Biden or Trump for it is insane. These are probably the worst two presidents in American history and there are many life inconveniences that you could blame on them if you really have the time to waste pointing fingers. Oh but you choose to blame a president for recent flight delays? C'mon, man!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree OP. I travel a lot. Now when I travel in the US I expect problems. Europe not so much. It’s reliably delayed or canceled. Baggage issues haven’t been my issue but significant delays and cancellations with not effort to help. Canceling a flight from Cincinnati to DC and not have any solutions at all is not ok. A flight the next day to Chicago is not a real solution but that is what we weee offered. 8 hour delay in Seattle. 3 hours in the runway at Dulles. So long that a passenger claimed a medical emergency to get off the plan. It’s bananas now.

I'm guessing you don't fly in Europe much...

IKR? These people spewing their complaints clearly have flown through Charles De Gaulle. My experience, not my first, this past spring was like every time I fly in/out/through CDG. Complete.Utter.Sh--show.

CDG. An airport to avoid at all costs unless you enjoy standing in never-ending, glacially slow moving lines.

BTW PP, I know your agenda is to push "US is bad" with your anecdata, but just for the record...

"In 2023 — EU delays hit 33 percent, and US delays were under 25 percent."

https://www.travelersunited.org/europe-union-suffers-delayed-and-canceled-flights-worse-than-the-us/#:~:text=In%202019%20%E2%80%94%20delays%20in%20the,delays%20were%20under%2025%20percent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Agree OP. I travel a lot. Now when I travel in the US I expect problems. Europe not so much. It’s reliably delayed or canceled. Baggage issues haven’t been my issue but significant delays and cancellations with not effort to help. Canceling a flight from Cincinnati to DC and not have any solutions at all is not ok. A flight the next day to Chicago is not a real solution but that is what we weee offered. 8 hour delay in Seattle. 3 hours in the runway at Dulles. So long that a passenger claimed a medical emergency to get off the plan. It’s bananas now.

I'm guessing you don't fly in Europe much...

Actually I do and stand by what I said. I don’t specifically blame Biden but it definitely seems like crappy travel experiences have become ok. The fines against American Airlines show that it has gotten worse. I suspect that if there were more penalties and more accountability for failures, then it would improve. One thing I see with the Secretary of Transportation is a lack of forceful leadership. When he engages in an issue, he does so late and in a “fact finding” way. He needs to enforce the regulations before bad crap happens. I work for the federal government and have done so for 2 decades. Agency leaders set a tone and his tone is one of mild interest. He should be tackling the degradation of our air travel, rail travel and infrastructure. Getting money via an infrastructure bill doesn’t do much unless there is someone making sure the money is spent efficiently to address the issues. Pete is not a strong leader. I think he isn’t really interested.

[Anonymous]

I, too, blame the President of the United States, when I encounter any obstacles.

OP would lose their mind if they experienced some of the airports I've been to abroad in "first world" countries.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree OP. I travel a lot. Now when I travel in the US I expect problems. Europe not so much. It’s reliably delayed or canceled. Baggage issues haven’t been my issue but significant delays and cancellations with not effort to help. Canceling a flight from Cincinnati to DC and not have any solutions at all is not ok. A flight the next day to Chicago is not a real solution but that is what we weee offered. 8 hour delay in Seattle. 3 hours in the runway at Dulles. So long that a passenger claimed a medical emergency to get off the plan. It’s bananas now.

I'm guessing you don't fly in Europe much...

Actually I do and stand by what I said. I don’t specifically blame Biden but it definitely seems like crappy travel experiences have become ok. The fines against American Airlines show that it has gotten worse. I suspect that if there were more penalties and more accountability for failures, then it would improve. One thing I see with the Secretary of Transportation is a lack of forceful leadership. When he engages in an issue, he does so late and in a “fact finding” way. He needs to enforce the regulations before bad crap happens. I work for the federal government and have done so for 2 decades. Agency leaders set a tone and his tone is one of mild interest. He should be tackling the degradation of our air travel, rail travel and infrastructure. Getting money via an infrastructure bill doesn’t do much unless there is someone making sure the money is spent efficiently to address the issues. Pete is not a strong leader. I think he isn’t really interested.

And you think that anyone nominated by a GOP president would do what, precisely?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree OP. I travel a lot. Now when I travel in the US I expect problems. Europe not so much. It’s reliably delayed or canceled. Baggage issues haven’t been my issue but significant delays and cancellations with not effort to help. Canceling a flight from Cincinnati to DC and not have any solutions at all is not ok. A flight the next day to Chicago is not a real solution but that is what we weee offered. 8 hour delay in Seattle. 3 hours in the runway at Dulles. So long that a passenger claimed a medical emergency to get off the plan. It’s bananas now.

I'm guessing you don't fly in Europe much...

Actually I do and stand by what I said. I don’t specifically blame Biden but it definitely seems like crappy travel experiences have become ok. The fines against American Airlines show that it has gotten worse. I suspect that if there were more penalties and more accountability for failures, then it would improve. One thing I see with the Secretary of Transportation is a lack of forceful leadership. When he engages in an issue, he does so late and in a “fact finding” way. He needs to enforce the regulations before bad crap happens. I work for the federal government and have done so for 2 decades. Agency leaders set a tone and his tone is one of mild interest. He should be tackling the degradation of our air travel, rail travel and infrastructure. Getting money via an infrastructure bill doesn’t do much unless there is someone making sure the money is spent efficiently to address the issues. Pete is not a strong leader. I think he isn’t really interested.

So maybe one of these years, Europe will catch up to the US when it comes to on-time performance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Flying within the last 3 years has been a horrific experience. Delaya, delays, and more delays. Lost baggage constant, filthy planes and airports,.....it's like the US has devolved into a 2nd world country and gives zero craps anymore about maintaining standards. Travel has just gotten so, sooooooo bad under Biden. And what does his transportation secretary Mayor Pete do? Nothing. Nada. Zilch. No pressure on ailrines ever even after they got tons of taxpayer dollars to stay alive. Consumers have almost no recourse and airlines screw up and do something like lose your baggage on a direct flight. Travel in the US and from th US using American airlines is just horrific experience and yet all Biden's hiree mayor Pete does is collect paychecks and do nothing. Biden hired him because he was a diversity hire, but the end results are a disastrous decline in the quality and standards for travel to and from the US.

I've now been on 3 flights domestically within the last 3 years. 2 lost baggage on a friggin direct flight, and the other had such significant delays that it ruined a lot of lodging plans and plans at the destination causing thousands in losses. Of course it has been impossible to obtain any kind of compensation because the airlines' mistakes caused major delays. I'm so done with Biden. We need a competent leader who'll hire the best candidates to do critical jobs like running this country's transportation infrastructure, not have a leader in office who throws a bone to diversity candidates who have no idea what they're doing.

You fly commercial? Peasant.

[Anonymous]

Did you ever fly before 2020, OP?
My prior career involved frequent cross-country travel. 10-12 round trips per year, from 2006 through 2018. I can't even begin to count how many delays I had. Lost baggage several times before I switched to carry-on only. Filthy airports, bad customer service, lack of fecent amenities, etc. Basically everything you are complaining about. It didn't matter what party was in office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree OP. I travel a lot. Now when I travel in the US I expect problems. Europe not so much. It’s reliably delayed or canceled. Baggage issues haven’t been my issue but significant delays and cancellations with not effort to help. Canceling a flight from Cincinnati to DC and not have any solutions at all is not ok. A flight the next day to Chicago is not a real solution but that is what we weee offered. 8 hour delay in Seattle. 3 hours in the runway at Dulles. So long that a passenger claimed a medical emergency to get off the plan. It’s bananas now.

I'm guessing you don't fly in Europe much...

Actually I do and stand by what I said. I don’t specifically blame Biden but it definitely seems like crappy travel experiences have become ok. The fines against American Airlines show that it has gotten worse. I suspect that if there were more penalties and more accountability for failures, then it would improve. One thing I see with the Secretary of Transportation is a lack of forceful leadership. When he engages in an issue, he does so late and in a “fact finding” way. He needs to enforce the regulations before bad crap happens. I work for the federal government and have done so for 2 decades. Agency leaders set a tone and his tone is one of mild interest. He should be tackling the degradation of our air travel, rail travel and infrastructure. Getting money via an infrastructure bill doesn’t do much unless there is someone making sure the money is spent efficiently to address the issues. Pete is not a strong leader. I think he isn’t really interested.

And you think that anyone nominated by a GOP president would do what, precisely?

It’s worse now than it was before COVID. A lot worse and we’ve only had 1 post Covid president.

[Anonymous]

You’re voting for Republicans, because you want a socialized air industry? Do you people even look at what you write before you chick submit?

If you have a problem with SW or any other major airline’s customer service skills, I suggest you buy some stock and become a shareholder, because those are the ONLY people any of the airlines care about. If a computer system melts down, it’s because the airline chose paying off those shareholders or justifying a bonus or getting a fatter set of stock options than getting you home in time for Christmas.

If you don’t like it, take up with the people that decided capitalism was a great system and the airlines should regulate themselves.

[Anonymous]

I haven't been delayed or cancelled in years and I fly fairly regularly. Worried about getting bumped once in an oversold situation last year, but it's been pretty smooth. I fly United and Delta.

Our airports are pretty good. Here's some data about Europe's airports in Summer 2022.

Brussels Airport (BRU)
Brussels, Belgium: 72% of flights delayed and 2.5% canceled

Frankfurt International Airport (FRA)
Frankfurt, Germany: 68% of flights delayed and 7.8% canceled

Eindhoven Airport (EIN)
Eindhoven, Netherlands: 67% of flights delayed and 1.8% canceled

Luton Airport (LTN)
London, UK: 66% of flights delayed and 2.7% canceled

Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)
Budapest, Hungary: 65% of flights delayed and 2.1% canceled

Lisbon Airport (LIS)
Lisbon, Portugal: 65% of flights delayed and 4.8% canceled

Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)
Paris, France: 62% of flights delayed and 3.1% canceled

Schiphol Airport (AMS)
Amsterdam, Netherlands: 61% of flights delayed and 5.2% canceled

Cote D'Azur Airport (NCE)
Nice, France: 60% of flights delayed and 3.4% canceled

Gatwick Airport (LGW)
London, United Kingdom: 59% of flights delayed and 1.4% canceled

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree OP. I travel a lot. Now when I travel in the US I expect problems. Europe not so much. It’s reliably delayed or canceled. Baggage issues haven’t been my issue but significant delays and cancellations with not effort to help. Canceling a flight from Cincinnati to DC and not have any solutions at all is not ok. A flight the next day to Chicago is not a real solution but that is what we weee offered. 8 hour delay in Seattle. 3 hours in the runway at Dulles. So long that a passenger claimed a medical emergency to get off the plan. It’s bananas now.

I'm guessing you don't fly in Europe much...

Actually I do and stand by what I said. I don’t specifically blame Biden but it definitely seems like crappy travel experiences have become ok. The fines against American Airlines show that it has gotten worse. I suspect that if there were more penalties and more accountability for failures, then it would improve. One thing I see with the Secretary of Transportation is a lack of forceful leadership. When he engages in an issue, he does so late and in a “fact finding” way. He needs to enforce the regulations before bad crap happens. I work for the federal government and have done so for 2 decades. Agency leaders set a tone and his tone is one of mild interest. He should be tackling the degradation of our air travel, rail travel and infrastructure. Getting money via an infrastructure bill doesn’t do much unless there is someone making sure the money is spent efficiently to address the issues. Pete is not a strong leader. I think he isn’t really interested.

And you think that anyone nominated by a GOP president would do what, precisely?

It’s worse now than it was before COVID. A lot worse and we’ve only had 1 post Covid president.

This is just really weird disinformation to be pushing. Did somebody get bored of the other lies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re voting for Republicans, because you want a socialized air industry? Do you people even look at what you write before you chick submit?

If you have a problem with SW or any other major airline’s customer service skills, I suggest you buy some stock and become a shareholder, because those are the ONLY people any of the airlines care about. If a computer system melts down, it’s because the airline chose paying off those shareholders or justifying a bonus or getting a fatter set of stock options than getting you home in time for Christmas.

If you don’t like it, take up with the people that decided capitalism was a great system and the airlines should regulate themselves.

Democrats love regulations but they don’t enforce them. I’m just asking for them to enforce the regulations that exist.