What Does JetBlue Do With This?

AdFreak poses the question.

I say you don't miss out on a golden opportunity like this. Hire the guy back - in fact - post his bail, pay for his attorney and put him in charge of training flight attendants. 28 years on the job? Obviously he knows his way around a plane. Then you use him in a campaign.

He's enjoying worldwide support right now. JetBlue might as well ride his coattails down that evacuation slide.

What? It Was Only a Hole in the Fuselage! Chill.

I'd bet that the movie Rain Man did a lot for the public perception of Qantas as a safe airline. (If you haven't seen it, the Dustin "Please Retire" Hoffman character informs the Tom "Please be Abducted by Aliens" Cruise character that Qantas has never had a fatal accident.)

I'm sure company officials are breathing a sigh of relief after this emergency landing in Manila.

She'll Have the Grilled Cheese and Milk

Never mind the sickening music, which is based on that stupid Broadway musical thing that makes me want to rip my ears off. Never mind the costumes and production, which are based on that stupid Broadway musical thing that makes me want to rip my eyes out.

Listen to the message. If you take your wife along with you on business, she can fly at a discount. And when you get to the hotel, see if they'll let her stay for free. And make sure she orders from the kids menu when you go out to eat.

My Kingdom for an (Iron) Horse

Hey, Delta has a blog!

And they're Green, Diverse, aware of Breast Cancer and doing what they can for the Poor.

Bases pretty well covered in their efforts to rebuild following bankruptcy.

Now, if they can do something about the smarmy treatment so prevalent with airlines.

From the ticket counter to security to the baggage claim, everything about flying just plain sucks. Come on , Amtrak, get your act on track.

UPDATE: HighJive notes in the comments that it's unlikely we'll see anything good out of Delta with this recent news.

Original 1970 image is via.

Took My Chances on a Big Jet Plane

The gap between business class and economy class on airplanes is growing wider. Flying sucks, unless you've got the money to make it better.

Here's a recent ad for AA's new Luxury Stretch Out Sleeper International Deluxe Kick Ass Class. And then the ad is reworked from the perspective of a jealous guy who'd love to fly up there someday.

We're an Airline! And We Have Aeroplanes!

Since I just completed a series of dreadful flights to and from one of the most inaccessible airports in the world, (Austin) I thought I'd dig up some old airline advertising. These two spots are dreadful in their own ways, pitched to two very different regional audiences in America during roughly the same time period. What both these commercials have in common is a horrible jingle stinger to end them, as it was advertising law in those days that everything needed a jingle package.

Wowing the Backwoodsmen with Flying Machines
Now defunct, Ozark Airlines used this unique angle in an old commercial: "You will be flying on a real, honest to goodness aeroplane that we bought from a real aerosmith named Douglas. And did you know, when you travel on an aeroplane, you will save time?"



Swinging America: Drink, Dance and Hook up with Winking Chicks
The sophisticated traveler of yesteryear required another approach, so here we have super-hip and also defunct National Airlines bringing us to Miami with their Go-Go sale, where you can dance in the surf in your blazer. Smell the possibilities.



SEXIST ALERT: I really don't need commenters here representing a feminist viewpoint chiding me for objectification of women, but something's been puzzling me. Whatever happened to pleasant and pretty flight attendants? Now they're all cranky old ladies or way-too-happy guys.