Disgusting greedheads
Well, we all knew it was coming:
We crash-landed in the Hudson River – but all we got were these lousy upgrades!
US Airways sent a raft of “frigid” letters to the 150 passengers of miracle Flight 1549 (above) saying their death-defying ordeal has earned them top customer status – but for just one year, The Post has learned.
Some who were on the plane – brought down by a flock of geese after takeoff from La Guardia Airport on Jan. 15 – said the temporary tease of first-class perks is for the birds.
“I think if you survive a plane crash, being upgraded permanently is a good gesture too,” said Fred Berretta, 41, of Charlotte, NC, where the Airbus A320 was headed.
Manhattanite Tess Sosa, who escaped the sinking plane with her husband and two small children, thought the airline was too focused on self-congratulations – and “they want to exonerate themselves as much as they can.”
“They are happy they had such amazing results, and they applaud themselves, and then give us a small token?” she said. “That’s how I take it.”
At La Guardia yesterday, other US Airways travelers were shocked by the airline’s lowballing.
“You’re going to crash me into the water, and you’re going to tell me all I get is an upgrade?” asked Antonio Sales, 20, who was traveling with the University of South Carolina’s track team. “That’s more of an ‘OK, you’re not dead, I’ll give you something to hold on to.’ It’s not enough at all.”
Teammate Gabrielle Glenn, 20, was more blunt: “That’s it. They should sue.”
Maybe you stupid ingrate shitheel twerps would be happier if you were all dead? Which, if USAir hadn’t had a supremely qualified, well-trained, and capable pilot in the right seat, you assuredly woulda been.
I’m with Rachel: I can’t remember when I’ve seen a more repellent display of poor character than these greedy, narcissistic jerks are putting on.
Update! Maybe these sniveling putzes would like to give Aeroflot a try.
- Entries
This is something else. A symptom of the much larger sickness of entitlement. And here's why it's really dangerous: they're not the lone whining voice in the wilderness anymore. They're a pack of whining voices, but even worse than that, their unreasonable whining demands have a support system. They have infrastructure. They have cheerleaders, they have press, and they have a whole legal industry always hungry for the next high-profile case.
There's no excuse, ultimately, for the "gimme" attitude of these people. However, I suspect that they were asked leading questions by a reporter determined to get the story he or she had designed in advance. The fact that the reporter got the desired quotes is still evidence of a culture of entitlement.
'Thank God you got me out of that alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Life is too precious to quibble about lost luggage. I got out alive; and I am grateful for that. And my left elbow is getting much better after last summer's boat-fender incident.
All is good.
Modern America in a nutshell.
Jump back in the fucking river, assholes.
Yes. I will shut up now.
As for the gimme-gimmes on that flight, they should be ashamed of themselves. These are the Americans who have made this country the shambles it is today. No guts, no honor, no press-on-regardless mindset. They are instead sniveling, self-centered, pants-wetters who, in an earlier time, would have stopped Edison in his tracks because that point on top of the light bulb was a safety hazard. Or something.
I'd support throwing every one of these complainers back in the Hudson and see how they fare.