When pigs fly (in private planes)

~ Patrick O'Grady
Pigasus, circa 2007
I Photoshopped this image after Herself took a beating from United in 2007.

“Flights delayed or canceled, you say? Let them take private jets!” — Scott Kirby, CEO, United Airlines

No, he didn’t say that. But he might just as well have. Oink, oink.

6 thoughts on “When pigs fly (in private planes)”

    1. O, the usual.

      The airline’s disruptions began last weekend in the New York area. At the time, United blamed thunderstorms and federal air traffic control staffing shortages and inexperience. Other airlines suffered flight delays and cancellations at the time, too, but by Wednesday United’s problems stood out as they spread to its operations across the country.

      Adding to the bad publicity for the airline, the company’s chief executive, Scott Kirby, on Wednesday took a private jet to Denver, where the airline has a hub, from Teterboro Airport, which is close to Newark Liberty International Airport, one of United’s biggest hubs. The airline said it did not pay for the trip and, in a statement on Friday, Mr. Kirby said he regretted taking that flight.

      “Taking a private jet was the wrong decision because it was insensitive to our customers who were waiting to get home,” he said. “I sincerely apologize to our customers and our team members who have been working around the clock for several days — often through severe weather — to take care of our customers.”

      This is the same dude who’s been blaming the FAA for United’s problems for the past few years, and he’s had to walk that shit back too.

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  2. “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than permission.”

    Kirby’s actions were similar to California governor Gavin Newsom who went out dining during the state’s pandemic restrictions.

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    1. It’s “Do you know who I am?” syndrome. Some of these folks have forgotten (if they ever knew) what it was like to be one of the Little People, catching elbows in the eyes and ears as they swivel their noggins hopelessly in search of succor.

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  3. Ah, cut those CEO folks some slack. The view is different from silver tower, and it makes it hard to empathize with the hoi polloi.

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