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Southwest Airlines passenger too big to fly? You be the judge! {Gadling}
Sep 13th 2009 7:46AM I was just wondering...
How can Southwest, or ANY airline, have an oversize passenger buy a second seat BEFORE they board when we don't know if they'll fit until they get on the plane?
And, to be honest, if you can't reach the seatbelts because they're stuck underneath you, I genuinely don't think it is safe.
Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 44) {Gadling}
Aug 25th 2009 12:39PM 1. Zeppelin airships
2. 6 feet, 1 inch
3. Facebook
4. Cahokia
5. Israel
6. Guy Fieri
7. Ukraine
8. International Falls
9. Port of Spain
10. Gold Coast
Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 42) {Gadling}
Aug 11th 2009 12:25PM 1. Ouzo
2. Caspian Sea
3. paragliders & hang gliders
4. El Salvador
5. Chad
6. Istanbul
7. French
8. Robert Reid
9. Baht
10. Holi festival
10 Passengers we love to hate: Day 5 -- American Idiots {Gadling}
Jun 5th 2009 11:16AM Actually, I travel more than you'd think. And way more than the locals here. I visit family across the pond every two years and we usually go to a different state at least twice in the years we don't. I will agree that I see fewer Americans travelling, but that could be from the high cost of tickets and bad exchange rates with the Pound and Euro. And I suppose my bad experiences are just by bad luck. But when a Southner says with some volume that there's a towel-head on our plane, you lose respect for your countrymen. But I suppose bad experiences stick out more than the good. And I would LOVE to travel overseas just once a year, let alone THREE. Would you happen to have some extra accommodations on your next trip;)
Oh, and I DID laugh. The Yankees' shortstop was Philip Rizzuto or "The Scooter."
10 Passengers we love to hate: Day 5 -- American Idiots {Gadling}
Jun 5th 2009 10:22AM Hey, not all of us are total obnoxious idiots when it comes to travel. I will admit, however, that being half-English and sixteen, I've had my share of "America beat you in two wars and saved you in two more. We're BETTER than you." As if I'm not a citizen and a Boy Scout in the US. And I have noticed that most people who end up ticking me off on trips anywhere are American. Some are toddlers who just threw something across the aisle into my lap, or some drunk idiot practically shouting at everyone around him for no reason.
But, I've also had some good experiences with fellow American travellers. Well, just one. It involved our train from Vancouver to Seattle getting cancelled; my dad, five random travellers who lived in Seattle and me cramming into a minivan for 8 hours until we got back to our hotel at 3am and they were all polite and tried to keep my spirits up. (I was only 8 at the time.) So, while there are A LOT of terrible American travellers, don't label all of us that way.
Gadling Giveaway: Road Trip USA {Gadling}
Apr 21st 2009 6:57PM I think that one must-see city is definately Philadelphia. Philly has it all: music, art, history, parks, history, food, history, and of course, the PHILLY CHEASESTEAK! There's nothing like it! Plus, there are museums, art galleries, riverside parks and plazas, and the beautiful townhouses from centuries ago. Everyone should see this wonderful city before they die.
Galley Gossip: A question about why flight attendants are paid twice as much as teachers {Gadling}
Apr 10th 2009 1:37PM As a well-traveled high school sophomore, I have seen my fair share of both sides of this argument in only the past decade. In a private school from K to 8th I had the same teacher all day every day for a year. Most of our teachers seemed to enjoy their job and 4 didn't. 2 of them just didn't like kids, go figure. They made our days as miserable as possible any time they could, handing out demerits and impossible loads of work. Now that I'm in a public high school for 2 years I've seen roughly the same thing. Most teachers like it and some don't.
I imagine it's the same with flight attendants. I have mostly had pleasant experiences while flying, with smiling and polite attendants. In fact, I can't remember any unhappy ones. I've never seen them lazing around in the galley, either. Then again, I have never needed anything more than the drinks and snacks they gave me. It's not that hard to go only five hours on 1 large meal, 1 bag of peanuts/pretzels, 1 small breakfast, and 3 drinks on a trans-Atlantic over-nighter. I don't know what could possibly arise that someone would need extra food or drink. Plus, there are places in the airport to buy those things.
The teachers in my area earn an average of $31 an hour with 6.5 hours of teaching and 2 hours of work after school, which I doubt they do. This is $271 a day for 182 days in a school year for a total of about $44,000. That's more than the average F/A salary in my area of $41,000. And on Fridays and the last day before a holiday teachers usually won’t want to do much work anyway. So they earn the same money for less work on those days. On the national level, the difference in annual pay raises to $4,000. At the high end, teachers earn up to $72,000 compared to the F/A high average of $59,000. Only when approaching minimum pay do F/As earn more than teachers. The low averages are $35,000 and $30,000 for F/As and teachers, respectively.
Next time any of you want to comment on something like this, you should at least educate yourselves first. Don’t make blind assumptions on topics about which you have no knowledge.
Life Nomadic: How Airport Metal Detectors Work {Gadling}
Mar 6th 2009 10:57AM On my return flight from Manchester,UK to Philly last summer, the guy at the beginning of the conveyor said the change I was holding wouldn't set off the metal detector. It did. (Maybe because it was American) The agent past the metal detector was kind and courteous and made sure my mom was standing by when he patted me down. (I'm 15.) Why can't all airport security be like him?
Tuesday Travel Trivia (Week 19) {Gadling}
Mar 3rd 2009 4:03PM 1. John Steinbeck
2. Cats
3. USA, Brazil
4. ESL teachers
5. Busk
6. Havana, Cuba
7. Greek, Turkish
8. Tapas
9. Nevada
10. HI - Hostelling International
