Bearcat you keep on repeating that you're 'not out to get us'.
Relax...stop protesting so much, you're giving us a complex.
Theres a very well stated reply on the FR-v-Sabena thread: (
http://www.pprune.org/cgibin/ultimatebb.cgi? ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=014629 )
where a Sabena pilot asks the usual critics (why is it
always the some people?) to give some specifics and stop generalising.
Why don't you do the same. I think you are overstating the problem somewhat, for effect.
One other thing worth remembering is this; the people who buy tickets in Premier class (especially on the short haul services) are not spending a few hundred quid extra just for a free copy of the Irish Times, a greasy brekkie and some cheap champagne. Nor even for a buttering up by the hosties. Nope the name of the game is flexibility.
If you want to name the day/time of travel, and have the freedom to to change the plan at a few hours notice...you need an unrestricted ticket. And since airline seats are perishable items, which must be sensibly yield managed, unrestricted tickets carry a price.
For those in business who need flexibility, and who's time is money...it's worth their while to pay the extra. The other trimmings (of which there are many...not least the biz lounges) are of a high standard, and they know they won't be left in the lurch if the operation goes tits up...ALT has a good track record there too.
Question: Have
you ever travelled in Premier on a
full-fare ticket that you actually purchased yourself? If so,
why did you spend the money?
Was it just for the pose?
Or are you a Staff Pax too perhaps? Expecting too much then maybe!
Bearcat, no-one is saying that things at ALT shouldn't change. That's a given. But posting the obvious on this BB is just wasted effort on your part and shows a certain intent that is not benign...let's hear something positive from you and maybe then your bona fides will make your protestations of innocence unnecessary.
[ 13 July 2001: Message edited by: CaptSensible ]