Comments on: Does It Cost More if I Wear Pants? http://executivenomad.com/2010/04/does-it-cost-more-if-i-wear-pants/ for and by sophisticated executive travelers Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: emcnulty http://executivenomad.com/2010/04/does-it-cost-more-if-i-wear-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-131 emcnulty Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:58:04 +0000 http://executivenomad.com/?p=734#comment-131 I don't know if the CEO of Spirit is overpaid or a crook, but he does give evidence of an attitude I've seen elsewhere in the airline business: that people are just cargo on legs and should be treated as such. Consumer action is the only thing that will work here -- if there is enough public outrage, other airlines won't follow suit. This isn't an area where even the best intentioned, best written, and best enforced government regulation would be the right answer. I don’t know if the CEO of Spirit is overpaid or a crook, but he does give evidence of an attitude I’ve seen elsewhere in the airline business: that people are just cargo on legs and should be treated as such.

Consumer action is the only thing that will work here — if there is enough public outrage, other airlines won’t follow suit. This isn’t an area where even the best intentioned, best written, and best enforced government regulation would be the right answer.

]]> By: Mark Miller http://executivenomad.com/2010/04/does-it-cost-more-if-i-wear-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Mark Miller Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:38:54 +0000 http://executivenomad.com/?p=734#comment-128 Excellent points! When you go on a week long trip and bring one "normal" piece of luggage it is maddening to see not only a charge for it, but that charge detailed as excess baggage?! How can ONE be excess? Airlines have become addicted to "hidden fees" and while we do not need more government regulation...when are the airlines themselves going to step up and do the right thing? Do large corporations ONLY hire overpaid crooks to run them? Excellent points! When you go on a week long trip and bring one “normal” piece of luggage it is maddening to see not only a charge for it, but that charge detailed as excess baggage?! How can ONE be excess?

Airlines have become addicted to “hidden fees” and while we do not need more government regulation…when are the airlines themselves going to step up and do the right thing? Do large corporations ONLY hire overpaid crooks to run them?

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