2012-10-31
post/34708864342
quote 17:28:39
“ Who is to blame if an airline that’s comfortable and treats passengers well fails, while a carrier that annoys and nickel-and-dimes customers at every turn is a run-away success? We all are. ”
Brad Tuttle: Why an Airline That Travelers Love Is Failing, at Time. Virgin America is losing out to Spirit, a Ryanair-alike that charges passengers for every little thing.
File under: “consumers are stupid”.
2012-02-24
post/18195915171
photo 17:59:28
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B.O.A.C advert, from the official Festival of Britain programme, 1951
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B.O.A.C advert, from the official Festival of Britain programme, 1951
[this is good]
2011-05-02
post/5137274593
quote 19:45:56
“ I don’t think I am alone in joking that San Francisco and New York have, effectively, become neighbourhoods to one another. This is especially true if you take a red-eye between the two cities and manage to sleep during the flight only to wake up on the subway inbound to Manhattan. Given how awful the buses are in San Francisco it feels easier, conceptually (or emotionally) at least, to leave the Mission and go for breakfast in Brooklyn than it does to travel to the Marina for dinner. ”
Aaron Straup Cope, in (Dog-Eared) Airport Cities. (I was going to post a shorter version of this quote, but joshuanguyen got there first, so I’ll just reblog his.)
(via joshuanguyen)
