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From: barry@mit-eddie.UUCP (Mikki Barry)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: Information requested on People Express
Message-ID: <3850@mit-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 23:03:05 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 20 23:03:05 1985
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Ok, you asked for it...

Being a frequent flyer on many airlines, I can tell you I don't think very
much of people express.  Here are the reasons

1.  Domestic flights have no seating assignments.  Boarding is like a
    cattle call.  Everyone crushes to the front of the plane if they are
    non smokers, or squishes behind if they are smokers.  By the time I
    usually get a seat, I end up one row in front of the smoking section.
    Being SEVERELY allergic to smoke, I wind up quite upset, and ill.
    (yes, I have tried pre-boarding, and sometimes get in, and sometimes
     get hassled)

2.  The seats are squished together worse than a greyhound bus.

3.  You ain't gonna get fed

4.  You pay extra to check your bags, and it takes longer to get them
    back on the other side.

5.  They've just increased fares on their most popular routes, making their
    price difference insignificant.

Newark/London problems!

1.  After begging for a seat as far away from smokers as possible, (so I didn;t
    spend 6-7 hours with a barf bag), and being assured of a clear seat, I was
    stuck one row in front of the smoking section.  The plane was full, and
    nobody would exchange seats with me.  I was ill for the entire flight.

2.  When notifying staff of this problem on the return trip, I was apologized
    to profusely, then sat in exactly the same seat.  Seems they didn't know
    that some idiot had divided the plane so that smoking sections alternated
    with multiple non-smoking sections.  Hence any non smoker behind a smoking
    section got the stuff blown in their face, PLUS anything that came up from
    behind.  Another sick flight.

As far as I'm concerned, it's worth whatever extra I have to pay to get a meal,
good service, and NO SMOKING IN MY FACE!!!!

Mikki (cough, hack) Barry