Tag Archives: United Airlines

Honest Pilot Refuses to Fly

Is honesty truly the best policy? It’s a question passengers onboard a cancelled United Airlines asked themselves yesterday after their pilot announced he was too upset to fly. It may be the first time in commercial aviation history that an emotionally distraught pilot has walked off the job minutes before he was set to take flight. His decision left hundreds of travelers stranded and many more scratching their heads wondering how a situation like this could have happened in the first place. According to news reports, the angry United Airlines pilot was scheduled to fly a plane full of people … Continue reading →

Airline Delays—Will This Make A Difference?

A few weeks ago I shared the unpleasant (that’s putting it mildly) experience of enduring a 5-hour delay at Chicago’s O’Hare airport with my 3-year-old. By hour three I had all but exhausted our entertainment options and tried not to glare at the United Airlines employee who kept repeating over the intercom that our flight would be departing “in approximately 15 minutes.” (Mind you she repeated this every 15 minutes for three hours.) Hours four and five of our delay were even worse as they were spent in the plane on the tarmac. (Have you been there? Have you been … Continue reading →

Travel Tidbits: Coke Is It, Save The Fish, and Five-Day Weekends

COKE IS IT Coca-Cola fans rejoice… United Airlines has heard your cries and is giving you what you want. Coke is now “it” onboard all of its flights. The airlines recently announced it has given Pepsi the boot and signed a five-year agreement with the Coca-Cola Company, making the world’s largest beverage company its primary soft-drink supplier. So what does that mean for you? It’s simple really. If you fly United (or spend time in its airport lounges) you will get to choose from eight Coca-Cola drinks — Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Sprite Zero, Spring Water, Seagrams Ginger Ale, Tonic … Continue reading →