Downgraded: Alaska Airlines miles
Alaska Airlines is the latest to cut the lifespan of frequent flyer miles. “Effective April 1, 2008, accounts with no mileage activity for the previous 2 years will become inactive and the miles will be removed from the account. Any mileage earning or award redemption activity on your account will keep it active.” You’ve been warned. (Thanks, Boaz!)
Upgraded: Corporate excuses for illegal activity
Legal news: “The legal dispute between Hawaiian Airlines and Mesa Air Group took an unexpected turn this week when Mesa attorneys told a US Bankruptcy Court in Honolulu that CFO Peter Murnane mistakenly deleted files related to the case as he attempted to purge pornography from his computer.” What is this, the Homer Simpson defense?
Upgraded: The nanny state
Downgraded: Inflight entertainment for anyone over 12
Heath Shuler, Democrat of North Carolina, wants the federal government to regulate inflight movies, which he says have become too violent. I haven’t seen anything too violent on an overhead screen, so I don’t really know what he’s talking about. I have seen some saucy stuff on the in-seat TV’s. If he doesn’t like overhead movies, fly an airline that doesn’t have overhead movies. Like Southwest. But look at the upside: If this bill passes (which I don’t think it will) then the airlines might be incentivized to roll out more in-seat monitors. Maybe? Please? Fingers crossed?
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October 2nd, 2007 at 9:40 pm
RE: Hawaiian Airlines vs. Mesa
Bwahahahaha! I’ve heard everything now!
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:51 pm
We recently flew on NZ from AUK to HNL and they had that skating movie on the big screen and drop downs. My kids enjoyed it, I read a book, ignoring it.
My wife got it in Netflix and we were horrified at the language and situations. A friend on the plane said that it was shown uncut.
Holy crap.
I’m not a big fan of gov’t legislation, but, seriously, exec’s need to use some common sense about what they put on the overhead.
-TF
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:34 am
to T.F.-
I would say that it was YOUR responsibility to watch the movie while your kids were watching it to make sure that it was something you approved of. It is not the responsibility of the airline.
October 4th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Anon/11:34 -
Spoken like someone with no kids.
I was horrified by the visuals (over which I had no control but did not see because of my seat angle (TV above head) and the dialog.
I suppose if the stew had handed my 11 year old a beer it would have been my fault too?
I don’t want a village of Plundercrats to raise my kids, but it would be nice if the entertainment mavens would reconsider our slide towards sleazdom come.
-TF
October 11th, 2007 at 6:27 am
I have had a discussion with the organization that is pushing this bill. kidsflysafe.com. What they want is for airlines to show p or pg movies, provide individual monitors or a special section of seating for kids. I agree that some level of judgement should be used by the airlines on what they show on publicly viewable screens. However the bottom line is parents have a choice in what airline they buy tickets on. More regulation will end up costing everyone more money and head aches. I asked them a few simple questions that they would not answer. How many seats should be set aside for the kids section? What if the kids section is full and the movie in the regular cabin is rated pg13. Do you not allow a child under 13 to sit there if that’s all that’s available and they have to miss the flight?