Comments inserted by Michael's text: john kurtzke On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Michael C. Berch wrote: > On Friday, September 27, 2002, at 07:35 PM, Dennis W Zeuch wrote: > > I can only say that EL AL serivce is reputed to be AWFUL for the last > > 20 > > years or so. > > Actually, I did several segments on El Al between UK/Europe/Israel in > 1998 and it was just fine. I was in economy, on discount tix purchased > through Travelocity, and was on a mix of 767s and 747s. Service was > pleasant; the check-in times were 2+ hours, but once you got to the > airport it was leisurely, not rushed. Seat pitch seemed normal for > (say) U.S. airlines, food was OK but not spectacular. -- you mean absoultely dreadful? (both pitch & food) See the comments about 720's & DC-8's. > > -- > Michael C. Berch > mcb@postmodern.com > -- John F. Kurtzke, C.S.C. Department of Mathematics 278 Buckley Center University of Portland Portland, OR 97203 503-943-7377 kurtzke@up.edu