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Subject: Re: American Airlines Removes Pillows From MD-80 Flights Posted on: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:33:17 GMT



Auntie Em wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 03:46:23 GMT, PaPaPeng wrote:
>
>
>>On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 03:04:01 +0000, n.e.w.s wrote:
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>>>Since crews won't be spending time picking up pillows, they should be
>>>able to make cabins cleaner,
>>
>>Seems a good opportunity for airport kiosks to sell disposal travel
>>pillows. Add some tourist type prints and they may even become
>>collectibles.
>
>
> Oh hell yes. What's three or four or five extra dollars here and
> there.... Not a very frugal idea. And then, there is the question
> about what you do with the damn thing when you don't want it anymore.
> Drag it around all over hells half acre with you? Throw it away and
> buy another one for the return flight?
>

Leave it on the plane. The change-over crew will have to spend more
time throwing them away. They will then stock the plane with their own
re-usable pillows to save money. Deja vu!

What is their definition of a short haul flight? I used to fly every
Monday morning from ATL to ORD. My home was on EST, but my body was on
CST. Since I was on Central time for 5 days, my Monday wake-up was at
3:00am CST. I would fall asleep before the plane backed away from the
gate and sleep all the way through. One time, the flight attendant had
to wake me; the plane had already landed, the people disembarked and was
completely empty. I relied heavily on those little pillows.

> Em
> Be careful what you wish for....