I had one FBO I knew back in the sixties ask me if I wanted to go to Vero Beach and pick up a Piper for him. I asked him how much? He said experience. I didn't go. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bahadir Acuner" <bahadiracuner@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:41 PM Subject: Re: American Airlines To Take Rear Galleys From Some Planes-WP > It was cheaper to do it that way.. the new owner who was paying for the > expenses didn't want to fork out extra money for $299 one way + rental car > + > one way charge.. > > Baha > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > David > MR > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 11:27 AM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: American Airlines To Take Rear Galleys From Some Planes-WP > > Why didn't you just rent a car in Marion and drive to St. Louis? It's > only > about 120 miles (3-3.5 hours) trip and you could have flown Southwest to > Seattle. > David R > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Bahadir Acuner <bahadiracuner@xxxxxxxxx> > >> Flew AA after almost 10 years for the first time last weekend >> MWA-STL-DFW-SEA. >> >> I am so glad that I am sticking with United. Here are highlights of my > trip: >> >> >> - I tried the purchase ticket through their reservation phone number as I >> had no internet access. I called them Saturday night, Sunday morning for > the >> Sunday afternoon 2:20 pm flight from MWA. In both cases AA didn't issue > the >> tickets. I eventually purchased the ticket online at the FBO where the > plane >> I was delivering to its new owner was parked. The print out said > "purchased" >> on it but AA still charged me $15 per ticket because their reservation >> system still didn't issue the ticket. >> >> I fly mostly United, occasionally Southwest and Alaska group, none of > these >> carriers have this kind of BS. >> >> - The reservation agent on the phone wouldn't sell me MWA-STL-DFW-SEA and >> said "Why would you want to add another leg?. You can leave 4 hrs later > and >> catch the 8:20 pm STL-SEA non-stop. It doesn't make sense to me".. This > was >> the first time I was judged by a res agent. I tried to expain the > situation >> to her that we flew for 3 days in a small aircraft and we just wanted to > get >> back home and we were airplane nuts , we wouldn't mind flying an extra > leg. >> Her response was "it still doesn't make sense to me".. I just hung up on >> her.. >> >> - I missed the MDs. I love these airplanes. We were in row #24 in an MD82 >> and it was still a lot more quite than an aircraft with engines under the >> wings. >> >> - DFW-SEA flight was 4 hrs and 10 minutes. The food they served was > crAAppy >> snAAcks, extremely unhealthy stuff. In United you can buy salad, wraps, > etc. >> for a flight this long.. The service level in AA is nothing but crAAp. >> The airplane was an ex TWA 757, you could see it from the engines and >> catering carts. >> >> - they had one movie that they charged $2 for the headset for. >> >> - No MRTC, everything is LRTC now. Southwest had more room in their 737s >> compared to AA's 757s. Heck, the Archer I delivered from SEA to MWA had > more >> room compared to any airliners. >> >> Baha