From: Allison (pinkfest@pinkmyst.com)
Date: Wed Jun 03 2009 - 17:38:53 CDT
Just for the record ... if the suit against United was dropped it
was not because of United going into bakruptcy.
United has been out of bankruptcy for a couple of years now and
while financially they are not doing great they are remaining viable.
I will fly almost nothing but United if I have a choice and that
has nothing to do with my partner working for United. Even before
we got together 4 years ago I would fly United over any other
carrier. When you have to travel a lot for your job (as I did
being on the road 3 or 4 days a week most of the time) I found
United to be extra helpful.
The people I delt with at each airport I flew into would always go
out of their way to accomodate any request I made. In one airport
(Columbus, Ohio where I would fly in and out on average 6 times a
month) the staff knew me so wellk that when I was coming off an
inbound flight they would see me and ask when I was flying home.
I would be automatically upgraded to first class no matter where
I was flying to.
Now of course have a partner who works for United and being listed
as her domestic partner on her flying benifits I have no choice as
flying for free beats out any price deal I could find (giggle) but
even still United is still my airline of choice.
While I have talked to many from the trans community who bash United
most of the time if they chose not to flyh on United it is because
they are making that decision from their heart (because of the Sarah
case) and not from their brains. What happened to Sarah was terrible
but lets be fair it was not United who did that but a United
employee (and one who no longer works for them I might add) who
made a bad judgement call.
But if you also throw in the post 911 craze that was going around all
airlines you can not completely fault that employee either.
If your going to dismiss using any airline because of the bad
judgement of their empoyees then why fly Southwest anymore.
It was that carrier who got national attention when they made a
passenger get off the plane because her skirt was too short.
Obviously they have never had some of the CD's who live in the
Chicago area try to fly while dressed .... there are several who
wear skirts no more than 13" long!
Allison
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