#airline videos

[robertreich]

Why Does Flying Suck so Much? 

You might not believe this, but I’m old enough to remember when flying was fun.

Now I'm sure you've got your own airline horror stories, which I hope you’ll share. But what happened to make flying such a nightmare?

The answer is simple: the same things happening across most industries. In fact, a close look at airlines reveals five of the biggest problems with our economy.

Number 1: Consolidation means fewer choices.

While there were once many more airlines, a series of mergers and acquisitions over the last three decades has left only four in control of about 80% of the market.

This kind of consolidation has been happening all over the economy. For example, four companies now control 80% of all beef production, and two control over 60% of all paper products. This lack of competition has led to:

Number 2: Companies Charging More for Less

Even before recent airfare spikes, air travel was getting more expensive because of new fees for things that used to be free, like in-flight meals, checked bags, or even carry-ons.

Spirit Airlines even charges $25 to print your boarding pass at a ticket counter! It’s just a piece of paper!

One of the ugliest ad-ons is the fee some airlines charge for families to sit together. That doesn’t even cost them anything!

Airlines are leading an economy-wide trend of adding often unexpected new charges to goods and services without adding value.

And you’re getting less in return. Airlines have cut an estimated 8 inches of legroom and two inches of seat width in the last two decades. Doesn’t bother me (I’m short), but many of you may feel the squeeze.

This parallels other industries where you’re paying more for less — just look at how cereal boxes, rolls of toilet paper, and candy bars are all shrinking.

Number 3: Exploiting Workers

While their jobs have become more difficult, many flight attendants haven’t had a raise in years.

And a lot of their hardest work is totally unpaid, because most flight attendants don’t get paid during the boarding process. They’re off the clock until the plane’s doors close.

And if the flight is delayed, those are often extra hours for no extra money.

Again, this mirrors trends in the overall economy, where too many workers are pushed into unpaid overtime or made to do work or be on call during their off hours.

Number 4: The Illusion of Scarcity

Airlines pretend they have no choice but to raise prices, cut services, and limit payroll. But their profits are in the stratosphere. In the five years before the pandemic, the top 5 airlines were flush enough to pay shareholders $45 billion, largely through stock buybacks.

During the pandemic, they got a $54 billion bailout from taxpayers (you’re welcome).

In the years since, they’ve resumed flying high, with nearly $10 billion in net profit expected across the industry in 2023. They can afford to take care of workers and customers.

Whether it’s multi-millionaire movie moguls pretending they can’t afford to pay writers or a grocery chain blaming “inflation” for high prices while raking in record profits, this illusion of scarcity is a sham.

Number 5: Misdirected Rage

Instead of being mad at the people at the top, we’ve been tricked into being mad at each other. Fights have broken out over whether it’s ok to recline a seat or who gets overhead bin space. But reclining’s only an issue because airlines intentionally put the seats too close together. And bin space is only running out because they’ve made it expensive to check bags — and also risky, with the rate of lost bags doubling over the last year.

Airlines are pitting us against each other the same way billionaires and their political lackeys pit groups against each other in society, hoping we’ll blame unions or immigrants or people of other races or religions or gender identities for why it’s so hard to get ahead, and that we won’t notice how much wealth and power is in the hands of so few.

So what do we do?

A lot of these problems could be solved with tougher antitrust enforcement — which we are starting to see. The Justice Dept is suing to block JetBlue from buying Spirit Airlines. We need that kind of anti-monopoly protection across the board.

Another part of the solution is unions. Airline workers are among the wave of American workers organizing to demand better pay and working conditions.

And then there’s your power as an informed consumer. Companies get away with bad behavior when we accept their excuses that there’s just no other way to run a business. They’re counting on us not knowing what’s really going on. So share this video, and share your airline stories in the comments.

Finally, try to be a little nicer to service workers and your fellow passengers — on planes and in life. After all, we’re all on this journey together.

#youtube #videos #video #airlines #flying #travel #economics #politics

[retrogamingblog2]

Dodo Airlines Poster made by blessedrthegeek

#animal crossing #nintendo #switch #dodo code #dodo airlines #nook miles #tom nook #wilbur #orville #villagers #art #illustration #poster #prints #gaming #video games #funny #lol #humor #artwork #artists #gifts #merch #new horizons #acnh #nintendo switch #animal crossing new horizons #ac

[cathartes-aura-shitposting]

old vhs tape with music played over airplane footage was the original sensory video.

and now that my dad has remastered it and posted to the web, i can finally share it.

#aircraft #airplane #aviation #avigeek #planeposting #airshow #air force #airliner #plane #planes #literally an hour and a half of literal airplane footage #like a homemade version of “lots and lots of jets and planes” #nostalgia #nostalgic #nostaligiacore #vhs #vhs aesthetic #vhs tapes #home video #music #music video #compilation #80s #90s #Youtube

[bnnywngs]

Lan Wangji was nervous. He shouldn't be, but he was.

After spending summer in Japan with his brother, his brother's best friend and said friend's younger brother, who's also his classmate (also known as Nie Huaisang), today was his first date with his year long boyfriend Wei Ying since he was back (two days ago).

They decided to go out for boba and a walk on the park before going to the Lans townhouse so Wei Ying could get his presents and souvenirs. Lan Qiren already asked for a spicy plate for the boy to eat at dinner, even if the teenagers haven't said anything about it. His uncle just know them well enough.

Anyway, Lan Wangji wasn't nervous because of the date itself, he knows how to make Wei Ying happy and a happy Wei Ying makes him the happiest. No, he was nervous about the giant bunny plush he won on gacha a few weeks ago.

(he spent over an hour and countless coins on it. Nie Huaisang was highly amused watching and filming him getting a meltdown every time it fell)

As usual, their date was excellent and Wei Ying smiled the whole time, not letting go of his hand or arm. He pouted and whined a lot, about missing him, about his jealousy (even though he traveled with his parents to the beach somewhere in Thailand, away from humid and hot gigantic city), and Lan Wangji make sure to hug and kiss him a lot to make up for it.

Then they went back to Lan Wangji's house and he started feeling his heart beating faster.

Because of house rules, they couldn't go to Lan Wangji's room by themselves, so Wei Ying sat on the living room floor to play with his boyfriend's pet bunnies and waited for him to come back with his presents.

"Wei Ying." Lan Wangji called.

"Lan Zhan!"

The boy looked up with a bright smile and Lan Wangji could feel the love arrow pierce his heart once again. He had to pause for a moment before kneeling down.

"For you."

"Yay!" Wei Ying cheered, taking the paper bag "Should I open now or wait until I get home?"

"Here." Lan Wangji nodded, glad his boyfriend didn't realized he hid the big plushie beside the couch.

Wei Ying got excited with each item, even the ones for his parents and little sister. Although he did started complaining it was too much halfway through. Wei Ying got especially happy when he found the photo strips from the booth Nie Huaisang made him go in Harajuku.

"Thank you so much, Lan Zhan." he said when finished, putting everything inside the bag again.

"...There's one more." Lan Wangji confessed, accepting his hug.

"One more?" Wei Ying looked at him curiously "Why it wasn't with the others?"

"Ah..."

Lan Wangji pushed him softly and stretched backwards to get the plushie.

"I won a bunny plush for you." he said, feeling his ears warming up.

"A bunny plush?!" Wei Ying's eyes widened, visibly excited "I love plushies!"

"I know." Lan Wangji huffed amusedly.

Then, he presented his acquisition.

But instead of squealing with mirth, Wei Ying bit down his lip.

"A bunny plush, Lan Zhan?"

"Yes..."

Wei Ying laughed loudly, falling down to the ground with tears in his eyes and Lan Wangji looked down at the plushie in his hands. It was a big headed bunny with big floppy ears, blue eyes and wearing a cute aviation uniform.

What's wrong with it? Lan Wangji thought it was cute. Very, very cute. He even thought about getting one for himself, but the stress to get one was already too much for him.

"Lan Zhan!" Wei Ying exclaimed, trying to stop laughing "That's not a bunny! It's cinnamon roll!"

"...Cinnamon roll?"

"You don't know?" Wei Ying stopped laughing to stare at him "He's a Sanrio character, you know. Hello Kitty...?"

"I know Hello Kitty." he paused "Is this not a bunny?"

"Noooo! It's a dog!" Wei Ying laughed again, taking his phone and typing something fast "Look."

A search with the character name was made and it shown: Cinnamoroll, is a white puppy with chubby cheeks and long ears, blue eyes, pink cheeks, and a tail that resembles a cinnamon roll.

"A puppy." he looked at the plushie again in confusion. How is this a puppy?!

"Yeah." Wei Ying chuckled "And it's mine! Don't even think about taking it back just because it's not a bunny!" he mock threatened.

Silently, still confused, he gave the Cinnamonroll to his boyfriend, watching him cuddling the not bunny tightly.

Well. At least Wei Ying is happy.

He can't wait for lunch tomorrow with Wei Ying's parents.

#heat wave made me do it #i may have watched too many gacha videos #mdzs #wangxian #wei wuxian #wei ying #lan wangji #lan zhan #teenage wangxian #modern mdzs #cangse sanren and wei changze live #wwx's parents are alive #wwx have a little sister #in this au i #mdzs headcanons #silly boyfriends #nie huaisang kowns everything #imagine airline and airportstaff seeing a big ass teenage walking around with a big sanrio plush #my writing #bnnywngs writing

[videos-i-didnt-make]

ace_attorney_bot.mp4

#ace attorney #southwest airlines #video

[alexis-mac-allstar]

(Forgive the formatting of the video, I can’t figure out how to or even if I can fix it)

Anyway! I feel vindicated for my belief that Martin playing for Real Sociedad and living in San Sebastián is an important connective thread between the two of them.

Also the way Mikel says “Good answer, Martin,” about Spain being a good vacation destination fucking killed me. It was so funny and I can’t quite articulate why. This whole video is great though. Top comment on YouTube is just proof that everyone can see what the tumblr and AO3 people can:

#martin ødegaard #mikel arteta #like looking in a mirror #trying to figure out if Martin is just going along with Arteta or if they’re really just so likeminded #i get that the video is an ad for the emirates airline #and the bits where they talk about flying first class and vacationing all these places kinda were like unintentionally I think reminders of #how rich they are #god footballers get paid so much money how do we get them to be paid less I think it’s necessary #and like. club transfers need to come way down in dollar amount pound amount euro amount etc #that wasn’t my point initially but here we are now #and I don’t remember what I was trying to say to start #for the record I think all sports and athletes should have less money involved #not just football specifically though it might be one of the worst offenders idk it’s the sport I’m most invested in I haven’t done a study

[landunderthewave]

Watched a video about these "AI assistants" that Meta has launched with celebrity faces (Kendall Jenner, Snoop Dogg etc.). Somebody speculated/mentioned in the comments that eventually Meta wants to sell assistant apps to companies, but that makes ... no sense.

If they mean in the sense of a glorified search engine that gives you subtly wrong answers half the time and can't do math, sure - not that that's any different than the stuff that already exists (????)

But if they literally mean assistant, that's complete bogus. The bulk of an assistant's job is organizing things - getting stuff purchased, herding a bunch of hard-to-reach people into the same meeting, booking flights and rides, following up on important conversations. Yes, for some of these there's already an app that has automated the process to a degree. But if these processes were sufficiently automated, companies would already have phased out assistant positions. Sticking a well-read chat bot on top of Siri won't solve this.

If I ask my assistant to get me the best flight to New York, I don't want it to succeed 80 % of time and the rest of the time, book me a flight at 2 a.m. or send me to New York, Florida or put me on a flight that's 8 hours longer than necessary. And yes, you can probably optimize an app + chat bot for this specific task so it only fails 2 % of the time. But you cannot optimize a program to be good at everything–booking flights, booking car rentals, organizing catering, welcoming people at the front desk and basically any other request a human could think off. What you're looking for is a human brain and body. Humans can improvise, prioritize, make decisions, and, very importantly, interact freely with the material world. Developing a sufficiently advanced assistant is a pipe dream.

#now i understand that part of it might just be another round of hype to avoid shares dropping because it looks worse to write 'we got some #videos of kendall jenner and hope to make money off of it someday' #funnily enough no matter what complexity these assistant apps reach #it will be human assistants who use them #because the crux of having an assistant is that you DON'T have to deal with the nitty-gritty (like did the app understand my request) or #follow-up #meta #ai #post #ai assistant #the other thing to consider is when you let an app interact with a service for you that concerns spending money (like booking a flight but #really anything where money will be spent in the process) you lose power as a consumer #because you will hand over data about what you want and have to deal with the intransparency of the service #are you getting suggested the best/fastest/cheapest flight or the one from the airline that has a contract with your assistant app? #we are already seeing this with the enshittification of uber or other food or ride share apps #the company has the power to manipulate consumers and 'contractors' alike because they program the app

[sophia-does-skits]

China Airline 🇨🇳✈️

@leaf-and-jud @tsutsuji-mystic

#gacha club #lunime #Capcut #gacha video #tumblr poop #china airlines

[high-quality-tiktoks]

Spirit Airlines shareholders voted Tuesday on whether to approve a merger with JetBlue Airways. The company said results of the vote will be announced Wednesday.

#video #tiktok #tiktoks #funny #lmao #wtf #news #spirit airlines #jetblue #jetblue airways #airplane #airplanes #washingtonpost

[enriquemzn262]

Handley Page H.P.42

British four-engine biplane airliner of the 1930's, only 8 aircraft in two variants were built, and all were lost to accidents by 1940.

#aviation #video #britain #biplane #airliner #airplane

[formulawut]

Send er in, boye!

#wrc #Rally #world rally championship #takamoto katsuta #Video #Japan airlines

[sekwar]

#sekwar's art #artists on tumblr #united airlines #safety video #what's he fishing for?

[pohutukosplay]

Miss B Cos as Celeste Pōhutukaryl Cosplay as Label Able Ray as Wilbur Christine as Celeste Animal Crossing: New Horizons

photoshoot with photos With a G PAX Aus Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, Naarm October 8 2023

buy me a Ko-Fi?

#animal crossing #animal crossing new horizons #label able #labelle #dodo airlines #wilbur animal crossing #celeste animal crossing #able sisters #acnh #acnh cosplay #animal crossing cosplay #cosplay #video game cosplay #gaming cosplay #game cosplay #videogamewomen #gamingladies #dailyvideogames #gamingdaily #dailygaming #gamingnetwork #cast: animal crossing #2023 #pax aus 2023 #photographer: with a g

[getoutofthisplace]

Dear Gus & Magnus,

In an effort to get out of here faster tomorrow, we employed a divide-and-conquer approach to shooting this afternoon -- Darla and Bryan stayed at the office to finish up Gilligan's Island shots while Will and I went to the airport to get some b-roll. The plan worked and tomorrow is now just a travel day. I even had time to go to make a 5:30pm Orange Theory class -- my first workout in 11 days and it hurt.

Dad.

Wichita, Kansas. 1.25.2024 - 3.01pm.

#will scott #stacy #caleb coltrane #airplanes #airport #ict #wichita #american airlines #b-roll #film crew #video team

[friend-through-teenage-nights]

Al drops more insane lore.

(tw motion sickness)

#'childhood bowling ball' #couldn't get the very start of the video but I love the audience member yelling YEAH!!!!! and Al responding with yeah? #this is up there with the guy in You Don't Love Me Anymore being addicted to eating cobras therefore to him they ARE poisonous not venomous #they played Airline Amy when I went to see them in March but with no leadup just deal with it #it was lovely #Jim and Rubén took it in turns playing bits of the instrumental bridge with Al and Steve swivelling round on their stools to face whoever #was playing #weird al Yankovic

[arcenergy]

not to sound like a corporate shill but the Plane Company seems like a cool place to work because i Like Airplanes

#misc #i mean boeing fyi #ive talked to current boeing and ex boeing employees in casual settings and they were all happy to tell me about their work but when i got #testomonials in a more professional setting i had one boeing employee tell me that she wanted to talk to ME about my aviation bg because she #was very curious about certain aspects of my job because it crossed over into her work and anyways it was very flattering. i have to email #her back eventually but i hope she does follow through because that sounds fun #i was cleaning out our offices and found boeing 787 stickers we got and i took one and its on my wader bottle #i also found a random token from alaska airlines aviation day 2019 there was just like a random Bag of them. so i took one of those too LOL #ill take pictures if i remember #ive seen videos and had the factory floor described to me by someone who used to work on it and the scale of the entire operation is like. #baffling to me