Travel Travails

MANIFESTO

I realize that complaining about airline service is akin to complaining about the weather—and just as effective—but I see that

Thousands of weary travelers faced a third day [of] waiting to reach their destinations Sunday as US Airways struggled to recover from the ice and snow storm that paralyzed airports in the Northeast.

As one who's had plenty of troubles with USAir when the weather has been good, I can certainly sympathize with the tired and the haggard sojourners.

One might ask how US airline companies survive at all with this kind of shoddy service. JetBlue simply refused to fly on Friday rather than face the public relations nightmare of the type it suffered around Valentine's Day. And passengers who booked for weekend flights on USAir are still waiting to get on a plane. So it goes.

Fortunately, Mrs. Monocle got out on Friday morning before it all hit the fan. She left at 0700 from Bradley on a USAir flight and missed the hideous weather of later in the day. Here's hoping that she'll be able to return from her Georgia sojourn tomorrow in a timely fashion.