This is hilarious - I flew United recently for the first time in 2-3 years. And good lord, I thought it had been bad before, but somehow the potential was there for it to become worse than I ever could have imagined. Surly crew, comically dreary cabin, unimaginably terrible “food,” and approximately one drink service per three hours of flight. The only saving grace was that recline seemed to be broken on many of the seats, so at least the legroom wasn’t terrible.
I never had a, uh, opportunity to fly Aeroflot, but this is a lot what I imagine it must have been like.
I hate the Southwest cattle call, but it’s a no-BS consistent experience… if they happen to fly where you want to go without having to make two connections and a non-plane-change extra landing. And Delta still somehow seems to be a generally nice experience, though that only really works for me if I’m flying to one of their hubs.
My second biggest complaint about American airline operations is the lack of food service. Even the cheap domestic flights in China have food service. The closest thing to food I've ever experienced on an domestic American operation is the fancy bag of various things Southwest gives out on flights to Hawaii.
United offered “chicken and quinoa” and “tofu and pasta” on a nine-hour flight. I assume they thought the choices sounded sophisticated or something. The chicken was literally frozen (up to and including the time that it was served to the end user).
Southwest Airlines has more flights in a day than Aeroflot but 0 fatalities. I don't think many airlines can compete with Aeroflot when it comes to deaths caused by inebriated pilots
You’re right I was lucky enough to avoid that one!
Edit: But also I’ve read about that incident and I feel bad joking about it.
I maintain my original statement with regard to flight amenities, and I’ve never felt unsafe flying on a commercial airline, but I’m going to leave it at that.
I never had a, uh, opportunity to fly Aeroflot, but this is a lot what I imagine it must have been like.
I hate the Southwest cattle call, but it’s a no-BS consistent experience… if they happen to fly where you want to go without having to make two connections and a non-plane-change extra landing. And Delta still somehow seems to be a generally nice experience, though that only really works for me if I’m flying to one of their hubs.