Dear Hubby just went back to work as a pilot after a 5 year post 9/11 furlough and he’s not quite as happy as he thought he’d be now that he’s back. He says “it’s not the same company.” Maybe it’ll make you feel a little better to know that many of the airlines are screwing their own employees, too?

Sorry to hear about your troubles.

Thanks for the sympathy. 

I was going to post that I was jealous of all the travel you do – but I’m not jealous about all the grief you go through to do it.

So I guess it’s a wash!

I feel the same way.  I love the travel (actually, I love being in the places we go; I just loathe the getting there and back), but I hate the grief.  Lately we’ve had so much of the later that I’m ready to quit traveling for a while.

Cheers–

MRE 

Thanks, Patrick–

I’ll give it a whirl.

Cheers–

MRE

You also seem to think that Continental has one $53 million aircraft dedicated to just that route, or, they should fly one in empty and ready to go just to get you to Newark. or better yet, they should just keep one parked at LAX for when YOU want to fly. Even on your 21 day advance purchase @ $379 RT.

What’s happened to you is a common occurence with many people who must venture to public transportation. Eventually, they come to realize that the entire universe doesn’t revolve around them; and; the airlines don’t find it economically viable to employ one dedicate employee and one $53 million aircraft (and supporting employees) just to serve……..you.

I wish all would have gone as planned for you tho.

Hmmm. Obviously written by an airline employee.

No, friend, I don’t think the whole universe is there to serve me.  But I do think I should be treated with a little more than indiffercer and the attitude that I’m the pain in the ass.  Anyone who is a customer should be treated with respect and at least the impression that his problem is being dealt with.  I know that planes get screwed up with weather and that there is nothing that can be done about it.  That’s not my beef.

My beef is that the jerks at Continental could have made it possible for me to make the flight I was rescheduled onto.  They didn’t.  In fact, it looked like they were purposely trying to move in slow motion.  The attitude they reeked was that this couple is a real pain, so screw ‘em.

And it shouldn’t matter whether its a $379 RT, a trip with miles, or a full fare ticket (all of which I purchased multiple times).  The customer doesn’t set the price, the airline does.  If the employees aren’t going to act helpful to anyone who buys a discounted fare, they should say so.

I believe in iPhoto you simply click “crop”, make your changes, click on “crop” again (this must be the part you were not doing) and then you may use the “export” function – which allows you to reduce the pixel number. It will save the new cropped, and smaller size photo.

Try to relax and enjoy your travels- though it sounds miserable.

Thanks
MRE

I read that flying was a nightmare this summer, and your experience certainly proves it. Hope you get to London without further adventures.

Thanks. We’re on the plane. Got an earlier flight. Will report from London. I’m posting on my Blackberry just before takeoff.

Cheers–
MRE

To change your desktop photo, open “System Preferences,” then go to “Desktop & Screensaver.” There are two tabs. Click on the Desktop tab. There you can choose whatever you want to use as your desktop picture.

To share, I found that the easiest way is to share to email. It will open your email client with the pictures appropriately sized (you choose whether it will be the original size, small, medium or large). I then just drag and drop the picture(s) to whichever application I’m using, including just dragging it to the desktop to have a copy of the file.

Have a great time in London. I haven’t flown anywhere in the last few years because I can’t stand the airlines. I’d rather drive. But I guess that’s out of the question if I have to cross the Pacific or the Atlantic.