Originally Posted by
edi_local
I have never experienced this contempt myself and only ever see those who have ignored FR rules or disagree about one of their changes speaking of it.
I agree with this. I've flown FR many times and never had a bad experience - given the terms and conditions. (For instance, I'd never count on them to make a connection as they are a point-to-point service).
When things go wrong, I've had experience of other carriers, both low-cost and national, behaving just as badly for a much higher ticket price.
From an uninformed SLF point of view I figure short hauls mean more takeoff and landing practice, and those are the two parts of the flight I worry about the most (although in the early days I do recall flying more than once out of my local FR airport with a pilot who I figured must have an air force background given his curt style, acceleration and rate of climb on takeoff).