United Airlines: New Leader -New Era

On Glide Path Over the Bay

A Friendly Flight

       Well, now, airlines have seen passenger traffic drop by over 90% since January.  No airlines are exempt from the covid pandemic effects on the public perception of safety on board a jammed seating situation.   Oscar Munoz, the outgoing CEO will drift off into the sunset and hopefully will never darken the doorway of a United Airlines office or aircraft.  The old scumbucket had  no love of passengers or their needs and concerns.  All the bastard liked was the bottom line.   For over ten long years as profits soared thanks to ever accelerating fees for every little thing much to the annoyance of EVERYONE.  Want leg rooms?  Extra fee.  Want another bag?  Extra fee.  Want a moveup in cabin class?  Extra fee.  Want to change reservations?  $200.  Want to add a flight?  $200.
      So, the new CEO will have his work cut out for him.  He sent out a mass email to all customers stating that passenger safety is the most important part of his license.   First link up : with Clorox.  Really?  Everybody gets a bottle of bleach to take along for the ride in case you see a virus lurking nearby.   Oh, you want to use the on board toilet?  Raise your hand and ask the flight attendant if she can clear a path to accommodate your wish.  Oh, the rum pot sitting 2 seats over starts coughing his/her head off.  Now what?  Take her away and isolate hew in the coughing section.  Can I take a mask off to eat?  No, feed yourself with mask in place.   Oh, the fun that awaits us all.
      Thanks to United Airlines flying will never be the same.  Cabins will have to be reconfigured to make space for those on board.  really, there's not enough to make social distancing viable and have a flight that makes a profit.  So what will United do?  They will lie and cheat and steal to get you to fly.  Sure lower fares will start to be advertised and all the algorithms will analyze and compute and in no time things will deteriorate back to Oscar's business model:  screw them all, charge more fees.  We have a monopoly on our routes and Congress is in our debt/pocket."  Fly on.
       737 MAX?  Who cares?  We don't give damn about that old bird anyway.  What a blessing to have the FAA ground them all.   We aren't alone and BOEING is paying us to keep them grounded.  Hurray for Boeing.  Hurray for the  737 MAX- a boon to the world.  (Unless you were flying on one of those 2 aircraft).
      No more Friendly skies, Matey.  Maybe Virgin will come back.  Maybe not.  Carry on.