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.

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Anonymous wrote:So now we want the government to own the airlines?
They do that in Europe, right?
Isn’t the socialism?
So we’re pro socialism, now?
I’m just asking questions

Who talked about ownership? The federal govt already regulates them, for better or worse. If they already regulate them, then why are they getting worse? It means Biden and his transportation secretary suck at their jobs.

No, it means the airlines, and it is a really competitive industry, are failing to keep minimum standards. You, as a consumer, have a choice. Maybe you choose sucky airlines to save $40 on the air fare? Pony up and pay for the better service, or suck it up and fly on the economy lines.

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Anonymous wrote:Dumbest post of the day candidate.

That doesn't do this post justice. It's a catastrophically dumb post and perhaps the most dumb I've seen here in the past couple of months.

Anonymous wrote:So you want much more regulation, amirite?

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Anonymous wrote:So now we want the government to own the airlines?
They do that in Europe, right?
Isn’t the socialism?
So we’re pro socialism, now?
I’m just asking questions

Who talked about ownership? The federal govt already regulates them, for better or worse. If they already regulate them, then why are they getting worse? It means Biden and his transportation secretary suck at their jobs.

Anonymous wrote:So you want much more regulation, amirite?

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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 understand that reagan de-regulated the airline industry, right? And Bush created the whole airport security theater, right?

Biden created new rules for airline compensation for the circumstances you are complaining about. He also mandated that there are no more "hidden fees"

I think you haven't really been paying attention.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys do know that Pete doesn’t work in baggage claim, right?
Like, he isn’t actually at the airport working…

Translation: no one is accountable, ever.

Remember how Dems always tell us accountability should start at the top when it comes to the corporate world and when there are major instances of corporate malfeasance? Funny how that same logic doesn't apply to this country's infrastructure.

Pete doesn't work on baggage, but why isn't he doing anything about the fact that the end results inflict millions upon millions of dollars in damages on the collective public when airlines screw up? Accountability starts at the top, remember?

Anonymous wrote:Dumbest post of the day candidate.

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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.

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.