Opinions: Delta Airlines
Apr-28,2007 Filed in: OPINIONS
TRAVEL: Delta
Airlines
As far as airlines go, Delta was never really on my poop list. I always have trouble with Northwest. I usually don’t like my experiences on USAir. I had always considered Delta to be a reasonable airline. Well, on a recent Delta flight I changed my mind.
The actual flight was not bad. The problem I have with them is their change in guitar policies. The airlines are constantly changing their policies. Actually, their policies might not change, but there are just some disgruntled workers that try to make life hard on people and have prejudices against people carrying guitars. These workers obviously have no clue what they are talking about. Here is a conversational progression of my frustration.
AIRLINE: “Sir, you can’t carry on a guitar in a hard case. Next time bring it in a soft case.” ME: “Ok.” NEXT TRIP: “Sir, we are going to have to check your guitar.” ME: “I can’t let you check it in a soft case. It will be destroyed.” THEM: “Well, next time bring it in a hard case.” ME: “But last time you guys said to bring it in a soft case so I could carry it on.” THEM: “Well, I don’t know who told you that, but they were wrong.” NEXT TRIP: “Sir, you can’t take that hard case on board the plane. Only soft cases allowed.” ME: “Last time they told me to bring it in a hard case!” THEM: “Well, I don’t know who told you that but they were wrong. Next time maybe you should bring it in a soft case but carry a hard case as well in case it needs to be checked.” ME: “Yeah right.” NEXT TRIP: “Sir, Delta no longer allows people to carry guitars on the plane.” ME: “But the law says that you can carry instruments on the plane.” THEM: “The law says that it is up to the airline to decide and we decide that you can’t carry it on. We could get fined $10,000 if you carry on that guitar.” ME: “Put it on my tab.” THEM: “No, really sir, I can not let you carry that guitar on.” ME: “When are you going to make up your minds? I wish I was flying Southwest Airlines right now. They are much cheaper and nicer and they like guitars. Southwest is the bomb.” THEM: “Sir, did you say bomb? Security! Security! Arrest this guitar player. There is a bomb in the case.”
Well, you get my point.
RATING: 1 Gully
As far as airlines go, Delta was never really on my poop list. I always have trouble with Northwest. I usually don’t like my experiences on USAir. I had always considered Delta to be a reasonable airline. Well, on a recent Delta flight I changed my mind.
The actual flight was not bad. The problem I have with them is their change in guitar policies. The airlines are constantly changing their policies. Actually, their policies might not change, but there are just some disgruntled workers that try to make life hard on people and have prejudices against people carrying guitars. These workers obviously have no clue what they are talking about. Here is a conversational progression of my frustration.
AIRLINE: “Sir, you can’t carry on a guitar in a hard case. Next time bring it in a soft case.” ME: “Ok.” NEXT TRIP: “Sir, we are going to have to check your guitar.” ME: “I can’t let you check it in a soft case. It will be destroyed.” THEM: “Well, next time bring it in a hard case.” ME: “But last time you guys said to bring it in a soft case so I could carry it on.” THEM: “Well, I don’t know who told you that, but they were wrong.” NEXT TRIP: “Sir, you can’t take that hard case on board the plane. Only soft cases allowed.” ME: “Last time they told me to bring it in a hard case!” THEM: “Well, I don’t know who told you that but they were wrong. Next time maybe you should bring it in a soft case but carry a hard case as well in case it needs to be checked.” ME: “Yeah right.” NEXT TRIP: “Sir, Delta no longer allows people to carry guitars on the plane.” ME: “But the law says that you can carry instruments on the plane.” THEM: “The law says that it is up to the airline to decide and we decide that you can’t carry it on. We could get fined $10,000 if you carry on that guitar.” ME: “Put it on my tab.” THEM: “No, really sir, I can not let you carry that guitar on.” ME: “When are you going to make up your minds? I wish I was flying Southwest Airlines right now. They are much cheaper and nicer and they like guitars. Southwest is the bomb.” THEM: “Sir, did you say bomb? Security! Security! Arrest this guitar player. There is a bomb in the case.”
Well, you get my point.
RATING: 1 Gully