RUH ROH: Flying Coach Now So Cramped It Could Be a Death Sentence

In your gut, you kinda knew this was true (emphases mine).

As airlines pack seats tighter than ever, the tests supposed to show that passengers can get out alive in a crash are woefully out of date. The FAA won’t make the results public, and a court warns there is “a plausible life-and-death safety concern.”

SEMI-BREAKING: United Airlines Unveils New Slogan as Part of Re-branding Campaign

Spotted on Insty

Seems appropos. Shockingly, the United passenger captured on video getting smacked around has lawyered up and will likely "re-accommodate" the airline in court.
 

STRAIGHT OUTTA THE TWITTER-TUBES: 10 Funniest United Airlines Reactions

By Biff Spackle

Spirit Airlines is cheaper, but you have to kick your own ass and throw yourself off the plane

— vonTraphaus (@vonTraphaus) April 11, 2017

THE DELTA BOARDING PROCESS: A Graphical Explanation

By @BiffSpackle

AN AMTRAK EXPERIENCE: May 22-23, 2015

Relayed by Lee Cary from a friend

The date should tell you something! I rode Amtrak from Dallas to Hope yesterday. Got here this morning.

The posted departure time was 3:40 p.m. I got to Union Station early, so as not to miss my train. Isn’t that the way it works at the airport? I should have known better. About 3:15, I got a text saying that the train was delayed. The revised departure time was now 7:51 p.m. If you’re good at math, that’s four hours and eleven minutes late.

It could have been worse. The westbound train, #21, headed to Fort Worth and on to Los Angeles, was scheduled to go out at 11:50 a.m. It left Union Station at 7:00 p.m.

Once we got on board, I was pleased to see the nice wide spacing and the comfortable reclining seats. For coach class, I couldn’t complain.

The ride was pleasant, but slow. I had ridden the DART light rail earlier from Plano into Big D. By comparison, the DART is a bullet train. We crept along for what seemed to be forever at 30 mph, tops. Once we got into the countryside, things picked up only slightly.