Paying to get on first

Stelios was being interviewed on (BBC) R5 last night and he revealed
that his latest scam, um fare reducing idea, is to charge extra to be in
group A and get on first.

He suggested 5 pounds would put you in the same group as the:
families with children.

Can't say I'd be buying this myself, any takers?

tim

tim (in Sweden) wrote:
> Stelios was being interviewed on (BBC) R5 last night and he revealed
> that his latest scam, um fare reducing idea, is to charge extra to be in
> group A and get on first.
>
> He suggested 5 pounds would put you in the same group as the:
> families with children.
>
> Can't say I'd be buying this myself, any takers?

Me neither.

I could never understand why everyone was always in such a hurry to get
on the plane when, no matter when you get on, you reach your
destination at the same time. It's not that airport lounges are the
nicest places in the world, but I'd much rather be there than standing
in line, waiting to get crammed into the plane.

I know that there is stiff competition for space to stow your carryons
overhead, but unless you've got a bulkhead seat why not just put it on
the floor?

(Silly question from me: shouldn't bulkhead seats be guaranteed some
kind of space for carry-ons?)

And everybody standing (well, crouching if you're not in an aisle) up
as soon as the seatbelt sign goes off... never got that either. Gees,
it's not like the airplane's on fire or anything.

Tim.

shoppa@trailing-edge.com wrote:
> tim (in Sweden) wrote:
> > Stelios was being interviewed on (BBC) R5 last night and he revealed
> > that his latest scam, um fare reducing idea, is to charge extra to be in
> > group A and get on first.
> >
> > He suggested 5 pounds would put you in the same group as the:
> > families with children.
> >
> > Can't say I'd be buying this myself, any takers?
>
> Me neither.
>
> I could never understand why everyone was always in such a hurry to get
> on the plane...
[snip]
>
> I know that there is stiff competition for space to stow your carryons
> overhead, but unless you've got a bulkhead seat why not just put it on
> the floor?

Because that is where ones feet go. More specifically, I tried
doing
just that once, and they insisted upon putting in the overheads.
(18 inch roll aboard that wasn't particularly full.).

[snip]
> And everybody standing (well, crouching if you're not in an aisle) up
> as soon as the seatbelt sign goes off... never got that either. Gees,
> it's not like the airplane's on fire or anything.

Boredom. If I'm in a window seat, I'll generally just sit there and
continue
reading my book. But if I'm an aisle, I'll get up and "assume the
position"
so that others can also get ready.

<shoppa@trailing-edge.com> wrote in message
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> tim (in Sweden) wrote:
>> Stelios was being interviewed on (BBC) R5 last night and he revealed
>> that his latest scam, um fare reducing idea, is to charge extra to be in
>> group A and get on first.
>>
>> He suggested 5 pounds would put you in the same group as the:
>> families with children.
>>
>> Can't say I'd be buying this myself, any takers?
>
> Me neither.
>
> I could never understand why everyone was always in such a hurry to get
> on the plane when, no matter when you get on, you reach your
> destination at the same time. It's not that airport lounges are the
> nicest places in the world, but I'd much rather be there than standing
> in line, waiting to get crammed into the plane.

Another thing I don´t understand are the sheep rushing to board the bus
that is going to take them to the plane too .
This makes a mockery of the easy jet system. Why they can´t allocate seat is
beyond me. With self check in this would be so simple to implement. I can´t
believe that a seat allocaion system is any slower than a cattle stampede.

It´s even funnier at disembarking, they way the sheep stand up and bend
their neck in a strange contortion as they rush to get their belongings from
the lockers. I get off last, last on the bus, first at passport control and
baggage claim.

> I know that there is stiff competition for space to stow your carryons
> overhead, but unless you've got a bulkhead seat why not just put it on
> the floor?
>
> (Silly question from me: shouldn't bulkhead seats be guaranteed some
> kind of space for carry-ons?)
>
> And everybody standing (well, crouching if you're not in an aisle) up
> as soon as the seatbelt sign goes off... never got that either. Gees,
> it's not like the airplane's on fire or anything.
>
> Tim.
>

"JP" <nonoe@nonoe.com> writes:

> Another thing I don´t understand are the sheep rushing to board the
> bus that is going to take them to the plane too . This makes a
> mockery of the easy jet system. Why they can´t allocate seat is
> beyond me.

They can, of course. The reason why they don't is it speeds up
boarding, which in turn cuts the turn-around time, which is an
important part of why they're so cheap.

> With self check in this would be so simple to implement. I can´t
> believe that a seat allocaion system is any slower than a cattle
> stampede.

Me and Stelios believe it just fine, although if you can only convince
one (1) of us you would be better off trying him.

Des

"Des Small" <vonbladet.uk> wrote in message
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> "JP" <nonoe@nonoe.com> writes:
>
>> Another thing I don´t understand are the sheep rushing to board the
>> bus that is going to take them to the plane too . This makes a
>> mockery of the easy jet system. Why they can´t allocate seat is
>> beyond me.
>
> They can, of course. The reason why they don't is it speeds up
> boarding,

I can't believe that it saves more than a minute or two.
They generally start boarding 15 minutes before schedual
and everyone (at the gate) is boarded with 5 minutes to
go.

ISTM that it costs real money to implement a seat allocation
system at check-in. This also takes longer (uses more staff)
whilst everyone selects their favorite seat.

>which in turn cuts the turn-around time, which is an
> important part of why they're so cheap.
>
>> With self check in this would be so simple to implement. I can´t
>> believe that a seat allocaion system is any slower than a cattle
>> stampede.
>
> Me and Stelios believe it just fine, although if you can only convince
> one (1) of us you would be better off trying him.
>
> Des

"tim (in Sweden)" wrote:

> Stelios was being interviewed on (BBC) R5 last night and he revealed
> that his latest scam, um fare reducing idea, is to charge extra to be in
> group A and get on first.
>
> He suggested 5 pounds would put you in the same group as the:
> families with children.
>
> Can't say I'd be buying this myself, any takers?

The plane doesn't take off any earlier. No matter when you get on you aren't
going to start to taxi for takeoff until everyone else is on. The sooner you
get on and get seated the longer you have to wait.

On 2006-02-16 16:34:22 -0800, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> said:

> "tim (in Sweden)" wrote:
>
>> Stelios was being interviewed on (BBC) R5 last night and he revealed
>> that his latest scam, um fare reducing idea, is to charge extra to be in
>> group A and get on first.
>>
>> He suggested 5 pounds would put you in the same group as the:
>> families with children.
>>
>> Can't say I'd be buying this myself, any takers?
>
> The plane doesn't take off any earlier. No matter when you get on you aren't
> going to start to taxi for takeoff until everyone else is on. The sooner you
> get on and get seated the longer you have to wait.

let me see if I have this right....ok, I get on before you all and I
get to sit among all the little screaming snot-nozzles and their
entitled parents and wait until all are loaded? are you serious? bill

bill frogg wrote:

> let me see if I have this right....ok, I get on before you all and I get
> to sit among all the little screaming snot-nozzles and their entitled
> parents and wait until all are loaded? are you serious? bill

No, it's better than that.

You get on early, find out where said little screaming snot-nozzles and
entitled pahrunts are sitting, and then sit as far away from them as
possible. Then you let some other poor unfortunate sod park his sorry
among the LSS-Ns and their EPs.

Simple, eh? HTH. HAND.
--
dgs

S can rim Margaret Thatcher for all I care.

You need to wait for the craft to take off whatever happens.

"tim (in Sweden)" <tim_in_sweden2005.uk> wrote in message
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> Stelios was being interviewed on (BBC) R5 last night and he revealed
> that his latest scam, um fare reducing idea, is to charge extra to be in
> group A and get on first.
>
> He suggested 5 pounds would put you in the same group as the:
> families with children.
>
> Can't say I'd be buying this myself, any takers?
>
> tim
>
>
>