{"id":133266,"date":"2017-04-14T07:14:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T13:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/14\/flying-unfriendly-skies.html"},"modified":"2017-04-14T07:14:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T13:14:47","slug":"flying-unfriendly-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/14\/flying-unfriendly-skies.html","title":{"rendered":"Flying Unfriendly Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is not just a United thing, I imagine, but it's certainly the sort of thing that (this week) United is in the news over.<\/p>\n

The key take-away is that air travel, in general, is hampered by the worst of both worlds: highly complex regulation and sets of rules, and various decision points where people can say "No" with no basis whatsoever except their personal whim.[1] And the very time-pressured nature of air travel means, ultimately, one either complies or doesn't get on the plane.<\/p>\n

The result is that if you try to do something that isn't in the regs, you'll be denied. And if you do everything<\/i> that is within the regs … you can still<\/i> be denied (by TSA, by the gate agent, by the flight crew). And all around you is the psychic energy of hundreds of people who want to just go<\/i> and who only know that you<\/i> are the one holding them up while you try to argue your point.<\/p>\n

The tale provides as well an example of how one peevish decision by an authority figure at the gate can have ramifications all down through the trip.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

[1] As such, it reminds me of those old jokes about life in the Soviet Union. Which is not meant to be reassuring.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Trey Harris<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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United Airlines made me <\/b>abandon<\/i><\/b> my mobility device at the gate. Before my honeymoon.<\/b><\/p>\n

I've been waiting to post this until I heard a response from United. But with the recent uproar over their handling of passengers, I figured it was time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nUnited Airlines made me ABANDON my mobility device at the gate before my honeymoon<\/a><\/span>
\nLast month, @United Airlines made me abandon my previously-approved, DOT & TSA-allowed mobility device. At the gate at Newark Liberty…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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