We finally got some much-deserved and pleasant weather over the weekend. After two bouts of storms during the weekend, it certainly was nice to see the sun come out. However, I spent much of the time battling a spyware infected computer. You’d think, after dealing with the technology for the better part of my life, I’d know better than to install some “anti-spyware” program that downloaded with another file I wanted. I did install it and the results aren’t pretty. I’ve tried a dozen different programs, tricks and techniques and all I’ve accomplished is to (I guess) snag some low-level viruses – but not enough to make the machine run decently. I have a few more things to try tonight, before I track down the former computer guys I worked with and see if they can perform some magic on it.
Now, off to the Monday night blogs. Where word of our growing dislike of the airline industry highlighted all the morning news programs. As one who just completed a series of flights, I was appalled at the downturn in service. No longer to you even get a snack on most flights! You can buy a bag of chips. For $3.00! And, then, the security folks confiscated a couple of jars of salsa that my wife was trying to carry on the plane. Neither one of us considered the fact that the TSA folks would consider that “liquid in a bottle bigger than 4 oz”. All in all, not a pleasant experience, topped off by a final leg of the trip where we got on the plane (late) and then were told that an armrest was broken, so we had to take our bags and go back into the terminal. After waiting half an hour, we were told we had to move to a different plane at a different gate. Of course, that gate was a train-ride away through the Dallas airport. Finally got there, to face another wait before boarding the new plane. The pilot was nice enough to point out that our original plane DID get repaired, just moments after they moved us all to the new one. Welcome home.
Airline Quality Rating study: failure across the board
To say that Americans detest the airline industry would be a mild understatement. Remember that it was the GOP who bailed this lovely bunch out with billions in taxpayer dollars only a few years ago and what did the US receive for it’s investment? Massive executive salaries, salary cutbacks from everyone else, less on time, higher costs to fly, increasingly cramped spaces and [...]
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