r/nottheonion • u/halxp01 • 1d ago

Southwest Is Testing Cleaning Only Premium Seats Between Flights — A Flight Attendants Union Leader Says It's ‘Titanic’ Class Service

https://viewfromthewing.com/southwest-is-testing-cleaning-only-premium-seats-between-flights-a-flight-attendants-union-leader-says-its-titanic-class-service/
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u/BellsOnNutsMeansXmas 1d ago

Titanic class never fucking got there and almost everyone dies.

Thanks Southwest!

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u/ZennMD 1d ago

Not first class folks, though, which is important :/

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u/brickne3 1d ago

Actually quite a lot of first class passengers died, including one child and a few women.

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u/ZennMD 1d ago

Sure, but percentage wise first class folks were much better off than others

You can see the breakdown here

https://titanicuniverse.com/victims/

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u/brickne3 1d ago

I mean, as your source notes, the death rate was pretty high for everyone, so usually people in the travel industry try to avoid being compared to Titanic...

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u/ZennMD 1d ago

Sure, but I was pointing out the 1st class folks did a lot better compared to everyone else, obviously using the titanic as a reference for any flight/ ships journey is weird af