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    Airlines Make BILLIONS in Fees

    http://gamutnews.com/20110614/23630/...gage-fees.html

    Oh yeah, they're hurting and need more tax breaks and deregulation. Bust up the pilot unions and hire school kids to attend to the passengers and well, they might break even.
    Don't forget the anal probes!

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    Being lied to seems to be the new norm....
    "If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
    telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
    “I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
    At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution

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    Quote Originally Posted by PA5COR View Post
    Being lied to seems to be the new norm....
    "New?"
    If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.

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    Spirit Airlines is now charging for carry on bags larger than a purse or laptop bag.

    Pretty soon they're going to put a credit card machine on the bathroom door.. $5 for #1, $10 for #2.. or perhaps they'll weigh you on your way in/out and charge per volume.

    Jerks.

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    The airlines here can't slip in extra costs.
    The price for a ticket needs to be in full with all extra's, or they get a hefty fine from the European commission.
    "If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
    telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
    “I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
    At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution

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    Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC View Post
    http://gamutnews.com/20110614/23630/...gage-fees.html

    Oh yeah, they're hurting and need more tax breaks and deregulation. Bust up the pilot unions and hire school kids to attend to the passengers and well, they might break even.
    Don't forget the anal probes!
    You left out understaffing ATC at busy airports.
    If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by W1GUH View Post
    You left out understaffing ATC at busy airports.
    You're right and it should be included.
    Let's also not forget all the under the radar pay-offs from the baggage manager grunts to the town governments where the airports themselves are located. I tell ya what, we're about like Mexico with all the backroom deals, backscratching and hands washing each other.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC View Post
    I tell ya what, we're about like Mexico with all the backroom deals, backscratching and hands washing each other.
    We're worse than Mexico in that we continue with the pretense of honesty in government. In Mexico, no one has any illusions about what's really going on.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    It's not that new. The absolute blatant manner of their lies is what is 'newish.' They are so arrogant that they assume every American is dumber than a bag of hammers and they make no beef about that and thus the lies grow bigger, like Pinocchio's nose.

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