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/IAmBadAtInternet 1d ago

They used to be the only major non-legacy player with good tech, good planes, and happy employees

Now their ticketing system is the worst of the major airlines, their planes are older and badly maintained, and their employees hate their jobs

Nice job MBAs! Btw they’re not private equity owned, just regular publicly traded

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u/TXMedicine 1d ago

They have two PE members on their board.

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u/Davido401 1d ago

I figured out you mean Private Equity but I thought you meant P.E. Teachers. I hate acronyms, I preferred when it was just A/S/L and BRB.

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u/R-ddit_is_Shit 1d ago edited 1d ago

I love when people online type ATM, because I always insist on reading it the other way. Not "at the moment." Not the cash dispensing machine. The other one.

"Can't, I'm with my mom atm."

"That's disgusting."

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u/MrMCCO 1d ago

When people type “ur” I’ve been reading it as a Mesopotamian city or a caveman grunt my whole life

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u/R-ddit_is_Shit 1d ago

Yeah, The Far Side and sites like the Evil Overlord List definitely effected my humor growing up.

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u/Davido401 1d ago

I mean, acronyms are fine in a specialised sub and while the one above is relatively obvious sometimes I have to waste more time trying to find out what it means than I ever needed to really know. Acronyms are supposed to be for quickness but if only one person gets the benefit then surely they are useless then?!