What is the Worst Airline!

+1 USAir.

I once flew them on vacation. On the return trip from St. Maarten to Charlotte for our connection, the gate agent told an entire plane full of people, after we'd boarded, that the plane wasn't going to Charlotte, it was going to Ft Lauderdale. There would be no connecting flights that day. We'd have to work with the agents in FL the next day to get home. The pilot was mad, the flight attendants were mad, everybody was mad because the agent didn't bother to let ANYBODY know while we all checked in. The crew knew ahead of time and assumed all the passengers had been told. The agent was just going to let the pilot tell us. She was just too lazy to deal with rebooking people. The pilot said, "No way" and made the gate agent come on the plane and deliver the message. My family were the only ones that got off the plane. Glad we don't check luggage.

We made USAir put us on an American flight (that was boarding!) through Miami back to Dallas. We actually got home 1.5 hours earlier than planned, but during the re-routing, I was at the AA gate asking them to wait for us while my wife was at the US gate yelling at their agents to rebook us. We had my 11 yr old running back and forth with messages. It was 45 minutes of tense times but that was better than being stuck over night in a city with no plans.

 

All of the above. Flying domestic we are just cattle in coach. Only on long international flights is there any reasonable service, at least in my experience.

 

We last flew US Air to Toronto for the ALMS race two years ago (I also flew them from DFW-Milan) - no complaints. On the flip side - a couple weeks ago we took the NEW KLM NS route from DFW to Amsterdam, connection to Barcelona - for their fourth day, a little bit late in leaving but no complaints. Taking same flight tomorrow from DFW to AMS, connection to Milan. As with the "other" carriers we've taken international (non-US airlines) we don't have any complaints. Most of the time we fly an Airbus which has a bit more comfortable seats. Lufthansa and KLM we've used out of DFW offer better food, free beer/wine/bailey's/cognac/ice cream snacks/candy, etc. In-seat video with a large number of movies. Biggest benefit is leaving the US and making connections in Europe. Also LH and KLM have terrific departure/return times - KLM especially with the return to DFW at 1:15 pm - there's virtually nobody going thru customs at that time. A real bummer is to fly American and having to pay for a measly snack. One nice thing too is you don't have all the announcements - guess they figure you are smart enough to figure out a life jacket, seat belt, etc. Sorry you had a bad experience.

One of the airlines is now going to be charging an extra $5 for a window or aisle seat!!!

Carol

 

I guess it's the route

I fly USAir a couple times a year to West Virginia and never had an issue. They even upgraded me to first class once simply because I was nice at the desk over a late flight on Thanksgiving...

Don't even get me started on Delta. I REFUSE to fly that carrier, especially if I am going thru Atlanta.

I love Southwest

 

US Airways seems to be the worst rated airline. The CEO is too focused on driving drunk and mergers instead of improving the product.

 

"the flight attendants looked like they were pulled out of a Hospice"

JUST WET MY PANTS !!!!!!!

 

All airlines are bad (in the US). I travel frequently on business and can say with a high degree of confidence that it simply takes a certain number of trips to have a big misshap in each and everyone of them.

When something bad happens I don'teven get upset anymore. Unfortunately it's the cost of travelling now a days.

[I've been told that Singapur and Emirates airlines are top notch. However my travels don't take me there]

 

Virgin America is the best airline going- I'm flying out to D.C. tonight and I'm actually looking forward to it.

At least they have some cool gadgets to play with and a fun flight crew; I didn't really even mind being stuck in the terminal for an hour last time while they downloaded a software update.
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Exactly.

Not sure why you guys mess with the other airlines- except if it's for business travel and you have no choice on when you leave. I'm flying Alaska back to L.A.

 

I flew airoflot once in a Illiushin (or what is it callled) plane. that was scary. Water was dripping down rom the airco system, a panel was missing and was stuffed with blankets. The russians knew that the border passes were useless, you just had to fight to get a good place.... That was back in 1989...

Another bad one was a CAAC (China Airlines) flight from Lhasa. But we had a good laugh, about what to do and what not to do on a plane. They gave us terrrible cookies and very salty thing about which I still dont know what the origens were... and a plastic bag to put the things in.

I even wont mention a flight with a 11 seater plane in Nepal......... That was really scary!

 

United airways domestic within USA,
worst ever!!!

 

That's obviously the bulkhead seat so it's comparing apples and oranges. You don't have someone reclining a seat 1.5" from your mouth.

 

After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe
> > sheet,"
> > which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics
> > correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then
> > pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let it be
> > said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual
> > maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas' pilots (marked with a P) and
> > the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.
> >
> > By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never, ever, had
> > an accident (I think).
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
> > S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
> >
> >
> > P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
> > S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
> >
> >
> > P: Something loose in cockpit.
> > S: Something tightened in cockpit.
> >
> >
> > P: Dead bugs on windshield.
> > S: Live bugs on back-order.
> >
> >
> > P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute
> > descent.
> > S : Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
> >
> >
> > P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
> > S: Evidence removed.
> >
> >
> > P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
> > S: DME volume set to more believable level.
> >
> >
> > P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
> > S: That's what friction locks are for.
> >
> >
> > P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.
> > S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
> >
> >
> > P: Suspected crack in windshield.
> > S: Suspect you're right.
> >
> >
> > P: Number 3 engine missing.
> > S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
> >
> >
> > P: Aircraft handles funny.
> > S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.
> >
> >
> > P: Target radar hums.
> > S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
> >
> >
> > P: Mouse in cockpit.
> > S: Cat installed.
> >
> >
> > And the best one for last..................
> >
> > P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget
> > poundin g on something with a hammer.
> > S: Took hammer away from midget
> >

 

True, but I've flown both (bulkhead and a row that was actually shorter than usual) and it's not bad either way. Leather seats by Recaro make a big difference but I think the general feeling here is that all US airlines are going to F you over in some form or another- so far I have yet to hear anything negative about this one.

http://www.virginamerica.com/va/vaDifference.do
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American tends to have very little leg room (I'm 6'2"). I don't usually have issues with the airlines so much as other travelers, individual employees and certain airports. I hate flying through Atlanta, but recently Boston-Logan jumped to the top of my list of least favorite. What a dump.

 

us airways never again. After being booted from one plane, we sat on another for 2 hours just to have them say the pilot is over his hours and cannot fly.

They owe me $577 dollars and have not paid me.

 

Being patriotic QANTAS is good

But QANTAS low budget carrier jetstar isn't so good. Well for short flights i.e. one hour it's okay otherwise not so great. No food, cramped plane and lack of legroom, delays of 1.5 hours.. (this was all on a jetstar flight coming back from Perth). The aircraft was an Airbus A320-232

Next time, and i'll book in advance i'll fly QANTAS. They have 747's on the Melb - Perth route and they have plenty of room, food and are for the most part, on time.