BAHA and list, I and several of my friends could tell you stories about Air Wisconsin and its successors at O'Hare on the SBN - ORD route. Scary. Rule #1: They always lie. Rule #2: In case of doubt, see rule #1. When an American gate agent once tried to blame a lie on American Eagle as if AA had no responsibility, I said, "You own American Eagle." The result of deregulation (or as Alfred Kahn wisely noticed, the federal government halting enforcement of anti-trust laws) is that while you used to be able to fly United, North Central, etc. on a 737 or DC 9, you now get to fly a commuter airline on a commuter jet or a small turbo-prop. Actually, in my (somewhat meager) experience, Horizon and Comair aren't that bad. I'd rather fly United Express or Horizon to Seattle than the old United Shuttle to SFO. john Fan of enforcement of anti-trust laws On Sunday, December 7, 2003, at 10:52 PM, Bahadir Acuner wrote: > Independence Air? Hmmm.. > > What does ACA stand for? Always Cancelled Airplanes? > How 'bout BLR? Be Late Repetitively? :P > > I fly every week to and out of YUL. To my luck > United mainline doesn't operate there, so I have to > put up with ACA.. > > Let me tell you , in last 18 segments within last > 2 months, NOT A SINGLE FLIGHT left on time.. > > On thursday, they were late getting in to YUL and > it took them an hour to turn a CRJ around making me > miss my UA 519 to SEA. Of course, UAL said that it > was due to flow control, but a quick look to the > flight stati turned a perfect on time ops at the > mainline.. > > Tonight, the 8:55 pm ORD-YUL departure was changed > due to mechanical problems with the aircraft. The > new aircraft that we were supposed to get was late > coming in from ICT (not their fault). We boarded > on time and waited 40 mins in the aircraft. So that > one person would show up to pull a bag out.. > > Then for the duration of the flight the inside > temp. of the aircraft must have been 40 degrees C. > > Not a single thing goes right with this airline. > > I really want to see how Independence Air will do.. > > Charles, you think Comair was bad.. try BlueRidge > and see the difference.. > > BAHA > Not a fan of Ch.9 tonigh in my DEN-ORD flight. Who > cares about Broncos game; show me the ATC :) > John Kurtzke, C.S.C. Department of Mathematics University of Portland Portland OR 97203 503-943-7377