American Air Travel Is A DISASTER

[@MrBerg4ever]

For those wondering about that 7 hour delay on the tarmac, the EU has a law that says any flight that is delayed after 4hrs (I believe that's correct) must be cancelled and the passengers must be refunded or moved onto another flight for free. We obviously need a law like that here in the states.

[@lilcupc4k3s]

FAA states that by the 3 hour mark for domestic flights, guests be allowed to deplane. 4 hours for international. Not sure how they got away with doing 7 hours

[@Tank50us]

@@lilcupc4k3s Because of a loophole... they came back to the gate.

[@lilcupc4k3s]

@@Tank50us what loophole? After finishing the video, the son said they were given a chance to deplane. But only 3 people got off. I understand the fear of not wanting to miss your flight when getting off, but they can’t say they were forced to stay on the plane for 7 hours when that’s not true. Idk how different airline go about boarding again after deplaning, but a flight my mom had with spirit had to deplane. The plane got delayed a bit further waiting for everyone to get back on the plane after counting and seeing people were missing

[@oe2913]

Consumer protections in the capitalist US? Get real lol.

[@KevinEnjoyer]

I now understand why Ryanair will NEVER fly to America. Not because they don't want to, but because their efficient business model would never work in the dysfunctional state of American airports these days.

[@NLaertes]

02:00 Can we appreciate the fact that the Delta cleaning / tech staff spent like 8+ hours getting the interior of the same plane cleaned, disinfected and ready to board for the same flight again. They had to rip out the carpet, reinstall a new one and do a deep clean scrub for the entire interior. Also they rebooked every single passenger, nobody was left behind. DELTA DID A BANG UP JOB HERE🎖

[@dailywire_memes]

It’s nice to see that we are all UNITED when it comes to our pure hatred for airlines

[@lorifintel9784]

🤦‍♀️😂

[@tahoehiker]

@letssayit Ok, I'm gonna say it. The joke went WAY over your head 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TCSGamingThroughTheAges]

Sorry, I can’t take the PUNishment. Go Southwest, young man.

[@crazychase98]

Bidenomics hard at work it's easly one of the biggest corporations and none govorment areas that the govorment has a direct hand in. It's gotten very bad because of biden and but boy

[@crazychase98]

​@arwynbrethen6595 4000 peoplea flights got cancled 90 flights in a weekend. Got stuck in jersy coming back from turkey after traveling for a day an a half. Just to be told there are no new flights lost my luagged and could not stay at a hotel for 3 days until another flight. Was avaliable becuase the hotels where all booked. Mom ended up driving 12 hours to get me the next day after staying on the air port floor for a night. Turkey and England where smooth travel soon as I hit us soil. Shit hit the fan

[@sandywheeler5500]

As a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines for that last 36 years, I’m doing my best to make our airline #1, again! It’s difficult in this day and age, but I’m not giving up!!❤

[@andrewbaker3855]

I hate the Rat Race checkin procedure with Southwest, but it's at least fair. That and free bags makes them my #1 these days... but air travel is still not great overall.

[@MeanLaQueefa]

Southwest use to be awesome. I remember the fresh baked cookies as a kid.

[@sandywheeler5500]

@@andrewbaker3855 I hope to keep it #1 for ya!!❤️❤️❤️

[@sandywheeler5500]

@@MeanLaQueefa Give us another chance!!🙏🏻❤️

[@midnighttheumbreon8857]

My dad is a pilot for Southwest!

[@GrantLaCorte]

BRETT! Read the fine print on all airlines for delays and lost bags. I always screenshot the terms of service before every flight and if I get bumped, delayed, or lost bags I know I am entitled to 2X and 4X the price of my ticket. Most people don’t take the time but you can and get that money.

[@BigPatFenis_]

Brett, you need to cover the story of the two teens who ran over the retired police chief in a stolen car while he was on a bike. This story needs to be blown up and made national news. It's insane, please look into it. I'm literally begging you, people need to hear about this.

[@Aspen_exists_and_stuff]

I HATE MY GENERATION AND THIS IS WHY PEOPLE! SCREW GEN Z OR WHATEVER STUPID GENERATIONS THEY INVENTED😡🤬

[@Justartistic5551]

If only airline companies focuses more on making good services and experience for costumers just as much as the 'diverse' employees themselves.

[@tinkthestrange]

It’s been screwed since they put in the 9/11 protocols

[@paulzhang1798]

true. As an Asian immigrant (most asians are legal since we cannot just walk acorss the atlantic ocean, the only two ways are to invest a large amount of money to bring jobs or to go to college and be some high-tech workers who are extremely needed in America), that's not so called “racial equality" for us at all. Great to see more and more minority people aware this point now.

[@kasiavu4629]

As an airline employee, I agree

[@Metroid250]

So much emphasis in "diversity" is bringing very stupid people to the airlines

[@MrTmax74]

They used to, pretty sad

[@jblo6822]

I remember flying from Denver to Chicago late at night in 1975 in a widebody jet. There was only one person per every other row. We could sleep in our row, lying down. Beautiful night. I've never been on a flight like it since.

[@andyharman3022]

I haven't been on an airline flight since 2011. Don't miss it a bit. And not because I'm afraid of flying. I detest being herded around like livestock.

[@Jennifer_Janice]

If I may ask, do you travel by car or train? Cause if so, props to you! I don’t think I can do that because I have family living outside the country and I don’t really know another way by travel

[@vincedibona4687]

There are still sea-going ships.

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

Saving to fly private jets, huh? Yeah, me too, me too...

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

@@Jennifer_Janice Stowaway, duh

[@Ashley-WatchmanStudios2.0]

@@Jennifer_Janice There are Oceanliners you can still cruise on to get to other countries overseas. Queen Mary 2, is one of them inside the Cunard line which was once merged with the White Star Line, which built Titanic.

[@MarsblissGuidedMeditation]

My mom got stuck on a flight that would not land because of weather conditions and would not give out food until someone started screaming about being diabetic. I’ve learned to always bring my own food and water onto a flights.

[@JamesNorthway]

We usually fly Delta and never had a terrible experience until flying out of NYC. We didn't know, but apparently both NYC airports are notorious for canceling flights for no reason. That happened to us last week. You're right, the American airline industry has been in decline since well, January 2021. We've flown to Europe a couple times during then and we haven't had any problems there.

[@chaneykane3828]

I genuinely feel so bad for the person who had diarrhea all over the plane. I can’t even imagine the humiliation 😭

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

Lol

[@devinanni8117]

I couldn't imagine that shit

[@nogames8982]

Canceled flights, and delayed flights are one thing, but that sitting on the tarmac thing to me as one of the most important things that needs to change. Mostly because it is a health issue and can lead to very severe problems. If you're more than a half hour delayed, put the plane back at the gate and at least let people get off and have access to food and water and able to stretch their legs.

[@arlenefisher1164]

AMEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@starventure]

The two most common causes of off the gate delays are weather and ATC traffic overload. The airlines have zero control over both, and can only wait it out for their turn in line. The solutions are to control the weather by moving thunderstorms away from the airways and to create more airspace over the country to accommodate more planes...you can do that, can't you? In addition, expand current airports to have a minimum of 3 runways that are each a mile apart from each other to allow for simultaneous operations and with "end run" taxiways that avoid crossing one runway to get to another. Too much you say? Don't want to destroy whole swaths of NYC and NJ to expand LGA and EWR? Too bad, enjoy the delays then.

[@brezze3431]

0:06 I can't with the editors 😂😂 love y'all!

[@commerce-usa]

To be fair, the decline in quality of passengers is contemporaneous with the decline in airline quality.

[@nogames8982]

That is true also. I can't believe how rude and entitled passengers are. Yes, the airlines are definitely to blame for some things but it's the other passengers. That drive me more insane.

[@NessieTheCatt]

to be FaiiiiiiiiiiirrrrR

[@matthewbesson5367]

T'buh Faaah.

[@vincedibona4687]

@NessieTheCat @matthewbesson5367 Prove him wrong. 🤣

[@NessieTheCatt]

@@matthewbesson5367 a man of culture I see 🤝

[@saracollins4399]

I had a flight canceled in Paris. They rebooked my flight for the next morning on another airline. They gave us 2 food vouchers, a toiletry bag, a large shirt to sleep in, and booked us hotel rooms a Paris Disney. Same thing happened in the US. While, they did rebook my flight, the only thing they provided was pizza. No hotel, no food vouchers, no flight credit for the more than 20 hours I was stuck at the airport.

[@So_Uncivilized]

Unfortunately, our airspace system is so overloaded that we get what's called EDCT Times. Essentially, the destination airports are often so busy that they give specific times for aircraft to arrive which means a delayed departure out of wherever you're coming from. I've been given an EDCT time that delayed our departure 3 hours which means we were going to exceed our maximum 14 hour duty day. Luckily we were able to get a new crew to do the trip so it wasn't cancelled. It isn't the flight crew's fault, ground handlers or baggage handlers. It's an FAA/Airspace problem and the airlines inability at handling the issues and the pilot shortage snowballs the problem.

[@arlenefisher1164]

Then get the passengers off the plane until it can leave.

[@So_Uncivilized]

@@arlenefisher1164 Unfortunately, it's a catch 22. Sometimes those departure times can be moved up but in order to take the earlier departure, the plane has to be ready to go in order to accept. Also, if the aircraft is unable to get off the ground within 5 minutes on either side of the time given (which those delays can be related to the departure airport), then there will be another delay and a later departure time given. I fly in the corporate/charter side so I can't say exactly what the airlines policy is. This is just through the experience and knowledge of the regulations I have. Regardless, the system is overtaxed and understaffed.

[@starventure]

@@arlenefisher1164 The gate is needed for another flight. Sorry, but gates are like tables are restaurants or hospital beds - if the current occupant is not moving, they need to be removed so someone else can use it. Unless you want airports with hundreds of gates.

[@ellisk2608]

As someone who works in an airline call center its always an infuriating thing to learn when UA decides to cancel their flight and leave it for the partner airlines to fix their problem. I swear to God we always feel sorry for the passengers, but since the ticket belongs to UA, they will have to fix their problems. And note you can always get a full refund if the airline cancels your flight.

[@lorisullivan327]

How sickening - these airlines need accountability…

[@Tank50us]

Accountability? With this administration? You must be new here....

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

They have. It's called ICAO, look it up.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

They must be paying off FAA officials to escape accountability.

[@lorisullivan327]

@@ruffusgoodman4137 you must be associated with airline travel? then why is the United States experiencing such issues when other countries clearly are not to such a degree?

[@j.paulm.1575]

@@MisterMikeTexas The FAA doesn't govern customer service operations.

[@mhoffman30]

I came here for Brett's always extra smooth ad transitions and I stayed for "the river of screams"

[@patrickols]

I started flying for work in the mid 90’s, i was on a flight about a dozen time a year, long and short flights. After 2001 the flying experience started to get worst and worst every year and specially on any American companies so it’s not a recent thing.

[@laya.mani2015]

travel actually sucks rn. over the summer i did a precollege program in dc and i was one of the few people in the entire 100+ person program who’s flight was not canceled due to “air traffic control” issues. my older brother who was 17 was literally stuck alone in new york city for three days with no clothes because of it. airlines are also getting real sleazy with trying to make u pay for their mistakes. my grandma’s qantas flight was canceled and she had had a premium economy ticket because of her back issues. they then rebooked her as regular economy for her flight and then when she told them she needed premium economy for her back they made her pay 1000 more dollars. when my mom found out about this she was outraged and she is a lawyer so she threatened the airline citing a bunch of laws about how they can’t just cancel a flight and then charge a passenger 1000 dollars extra for her original seat. they ended up refunding the 1000 dollars

[@pizzapizza247]

Thank you for not showing us the mess. I appreciate it.

[@aehogan]

As soon as you said “I’d do anything to keep my dogs healthy and safe” I KNEW a ruff greens ad was coming 😂🙌🏻 gotta love it

[@Jinx-Mars]

What a good guy, going and getting the waters, and passing them out for the people on the plane

[@ditzyditz7329]

Air travel in the us is such a pain to get through. Cancelling flights isn’t the only thing to worry about, my family nearly missed our connecting flight home because we were stuck in customs for nearly 4 hours. They only had 1 station open out of 11 and were shoving over 50 people into 1 big line that was moving at a snails pace.The airport experience in other countries is so much smoother.

[@seadragon1456]

Don’t forget the connecting flights that either force you to live at the airport for more than 5 hours between flights or they make you run over the top of people to make you 30-45 minute connection. Why can’t we have more straight thru flights?

[@ericam9114]

I can’t imagine the trauma those people went through trapped on that tin can in those horrible seats for 7 hours. I decided to do my fall trip within driving distance this year and it was the best decision. We all need to strike and hurt airline sales before they will do anything about this.

[@ShibaMcDripNu]

Liked. budlight effect coz they on their powertrip

[@shadowwolf8496]

So the reason they had to stay on the plane was safety reasons. Potentially, someone could get on the plane with a bomb in a bag then stow it then walk off and they would walk away. That’s the reason why they have that rule. That’s also the reason why the hound of reporting unaccompanied bags for that same reason

[@katieneubaum4284]

4:03 OMG BRETT 😂😂😂 That transition 😭😂 Perfectly twisted and well executed 😜

[@MikiDawn577]

The whole staying in the aircraft thing is more than likely a FAA thing, as in Canada we don't have a policy like that in CARs. If there is an aircraft malfunction passengers are deboarded and compensated, if possible another plane within the same company is cleared for the flight depending on where the malfunction occured. It is insane to think this happened, especially thinking as a pilot and an aircraft maintenance student in Canada.

[@lone_wolf106]

I never got compensated, but that was decades ago, so the rules may have changed.

[@monicaduncan681]

I was in Atlanta this past weekend. Their plane train (the one that takes you from one end of the giant airport to the other) was broken. We had to run from concourse to concourse. When I complained to my airline’s customer service rep (after missing the first flight) he looked and me and asked “what do you want me to do?”

[@lilcupc4k3s]

What was your answer?

[@subbrillic]

I find it crazy how the airlines act like nothing happened after delaying so many flights for so long now. Hopefully we become like the rest of the world and dont have delays lol

[@remyllebeau77]

Hello, Mcfly, hello? They fired all the pilots and staff that wouldn't take the jab. Some part of these delays were bound to happen and that's not even counting all other factors. Hard to believe the rest of the world is fine and dandy, but if true, then there are even more problems to work on.

[@christopho3255]

​@@remyllebeau77Yet the airlines lobbying congress for $54 billion in bailout funds since 2020 alone despite objectively unsustainable buisiness practices, consistently declining service quality and virtually zero binding terms or culpability for all that funding. Poorly managed private interests constantly bailed out by taxpayers is insanity.

[@remyllebeau77]

@@christopho3255 Preaching to the choir, mate.

[@jayhathaway4720]

@@remyllebeau77 Not saying I agree with the jab, but the rest of hte world probably just complied.

[@whiskey-TK]

Build trains like the rest of the world. Less demand, crowded flights, tarmacs, broken down planes.

[@MidnightsFirefly]

My one and only experience flying an American company was this April with AA into JFK. I was travelling with a broken foot, so had a wheelchair - the flight attendants were AMAZING, but then the airline lost my wheelchair and I was basically stuck in my flat in NY unable to do anything for a day and a bit 👏🏼

[@3BeatsPain]

Even in the UK we have issues with delays, been on 4 flights this year and all of them have been delayed in some way. Was an issue with UK systems which now has affected basically every flight bar a few

[@colinr447]

My United flight got delayed and I missed my connection due to an emergency landing. When we landed I got a canned email from the CEO saying how it’s best to start with a heartfelt apology. They provided a link for me to get my compensation. My certificate was for $0. As a consumer I have never felt so supported before. Their heartfelt apology was so touching.

[@SD-mi2vc]

So they should continue flying plane risking the lives of everyone on board for your connection flight. Entitled

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Stuff like this is why I drive when I wanna go somewhere. The cost of gas is less than an airline ticket, you end up spending more time in the airport than you do in the car, and you can control when you stop, go to the bathroom and don't have to put up with annoying passengers.

[@midnighttheumbreon8857]

No yeah I’ll just casually jump in my car and drive across the Atlantic from the US to Portugal. No biggie

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

@@midnighttheumbreon8857 I was mainly refering to traveling around the country genius. Obviously I didn't mean when you got to other continents.

[@luc8254]

11:46 they may have been falsely credited with it, but the actual pioneer of aviation was Santos-Dumond, a Brasilian!

[@Djgom3312djshw]

Oh hell no. Seven hours! I'd would have told them you either let me off this plan or I'm letting my self out. You pick.

[@LG-pt5kt]

Probably counts as illegal detaining

[@TrevorGridley]

This is what I was thinking. It can't be easy to reseal an emergency door, give them the option.

[@Alivia.R.01]

That women who was talking to that man about the dangers of that airplane situation is truly amazing and caring, she clearly raised her some right too . Her son is so sweet for passin out water

[@michaelruffalo5875]

We're not really going backwards. If we were, I'd be able to board a flight walking up the steps from the tarmac. Sit in an oversized chair while I'm served a drink and a stewardesses lights my cigarette. Air travel isn't devolving, it's decaying.

[@FlyDragonfly1313]

Flying from Southwest, Florida on Southwest air to Chicago delayed seven hours finally arrived and waited 4 1/2 hours for our luggage to arrive after landing. We were told it was because of a “shift change“. No compensation.

[@isaacmartinez6904]

The worst part of air travel is that sometimes people would cause trouble which would hit the headlines or social media. What a way to ruin the travel for everyone.

[@Mevite]

All of this make me remember when the song "United brakes guitars" went viral, good times

[@spood87839]

Brett Cooper - The Queen of sponsor segues! 👏

[@andrewterrell2358]

Went through something like this with JetBlue this summer. What was supposed to be an hour layover turning into a 14 hour overnight layover. Wasn’t until hour eight that they revealed it was because they had no pilot to fly our plane from JFK to Nashville… I literally could have just driven home from New York in less time than what I waited for that flight

[@outdoorschick]

Our airlines are such a damn mess, but not sure what people expected when butt loads of people were fired for not getting the jabby.

[@vincedibona4687]

Purple hair. All I need to know.

[@outdoorschick]

@@vincedibona4687 it's brown again now. I always do fun colors for the summer.

[@theaviationloverroams1545]

That guy was ruthless 😂

[@tinkthestrange]

I haven’t flown since they started putting in the 9/11 protocols. Yea just what I want for you to throw away my perfume and nail file so when the terrorist hijacks the plane with a box cutter I have literally nothing to defend myself. TSA stops people for dildos in their bags but people have gotten through with guns and knives. It’s all a joke and we are just being inconvenienced for no good reason.

[@starventure]

@@vincedibona4687 Wow, like you can talk? You look like a librarian who drives a subaru to work and goes to wymyns music festivals.

[@bearycute1989]

How crazy! When I was flying while pregnant in 2010 we were stuck on the plane for almost 2 hours. The flight attendants were amazing; we got drinks, were allowed to walk around for short bits, and were given a small refund for that trip, and on top of that we were given free tickets for another flight to use within the year! How sad that now they don’t seem to care about passengers…

[@courtanimation311]

I work at an airport…it is absolutely INSANE the lengths some pilots and FA will go to just so they don’t need to fly. Edit: this is what happens when u hire based on diversity

[@starventure]

Sickness theater.

[@aurii.]

As someone who is a little chronically online you help me keep contact with the real world that is a little sad but as someone who is a little unhappy with family issues it helps me to listen to you

[@Dan_Kong]

As a son of a Pilot, I find airplanes fun but I understand the frustration

[@scarlettfairytail3099]

I'm the daughter of a crew chief and I understand this.

[@ThePilotBlog]

they are defiantly very nice and really fun, but this is exactly why i dont want to be a commercial pilot,

[@tonym8765]

So why are flights delayed so long

[@Dan_Kong]

@@tonym8765 well it depends, but in recent years it’s been a staffing issue, but other things include weather, technical issues or passenger issues but there’s other issues too those are just the main ones

[@ashesfrombones]

this has nothing much to do with the plane, but the irresponsibility of the airline company

[@lukegerst2382]

5:30 This is how airlines deal with the DOT’s rule about never forcing passengers to be on a plane for a delay longer than 3 hours without the opportunity to deplane. Because the door is open, you can deplane and no clock is running. As soon as the door closes the airline has 3 hours to either take off or have you back at the gate. If they fail there are very expensive fines. So they leave the door open to keep the clock stopped. If I’m in that situation and want to deplane I will but stay RIGHT NEXT to the door so when the flight goes I know and can reboard.

[@Based808]

It’s true. I’ve been on $59 AirAsia flights that ran smoother than anything american post COVID.

[@j.manuelp.vicens3888]

Or Ryanair in Europe for the same price. Yep.

[@Random_Person1023]

I'm currently training to become a pilot, and will take this information into consideration when deciding who to work for. I also will do my best to never put people in these types of situations

[@PhoenixPlays669]

Love ya Brett never change ❤

[@YouTubewatcher199]

I feel so blessed that my husband and I were able to avoid any of the craziness going on when we went on our honeymoon this year. 12 hour flights are already rough

[@willhc]

I'm down to 2 airlines...Alaska and Delta. I've had awful experiences with most of the rest in the US.

[@shastacat6841]

As a flight attendant, we hate it here too. CEOs only worry about themselves and their abundance of money. Leaves us stranded, gives us ridiculous flight schedules, and the worst part is that half the time we work for free! I love my job (for the most part) but not sure how much longer I can stay

[@GregMoress]

It's only the 0.1% of the bad flight experiences that make the news. All the rest go unnoticed.

[@Tank50us]

Sadly that's the case with US Air Travel.... hell it's the case with air travel in general. for about 99% of the flying public, everything from check in to arrival goes as smooth as butter. But for these few cases where it doesn't, it's all over the news like it's the end times.

[@shadowwolf8496]

Preach most of the of the flights have been good. Most times when it is bad it’s not even airlines fault

[@Tank50us]

@@shadowwolf8496 in the case of the ground stop with United.... it kinda is.... but that's due to them using a dispatch system that's being held together with the coding equivalent of bailing wire and duct tape

[@Kidms3]

Off topic but Brett’s transition to ads are the most seamlessly and perfect thing I’ve seen

[@markbollinger1343]

I keep saying this. Until America starts jailing executives for long sentences nothing will change.

[@LiamColeman-Halla-yq2jl]

Yes

[@arlenefisher1164]

Nah, just need a "Passenger Bill Of Flying Rights". If violated they can be sued. *THEN*, it would change in a heartbeat.

[@markbollinger1343]

@@arlenefisher1164 only if the fines and lawsuits crippled the company. Americans fines needed to multiplied a lot. And still straight to jail. Nope not having it. And this needs to apply to every single company. I’m tired of laws that protect companies and not customers.

[@n3bie]

I love brevity as much as the next man, but this seems a little harsh.

[@markbollinger1343]

@@n3bie nah man I’m tired of corporations screwing people over and not facing consequences.

[@LukeofAllTrades.]

I'm glad they've finally decided that this outro is the best one, it's been my favorite since the first time I saw it.

[@subbrillic]

The airline situation has been crazy, cant wait to hear what happened now!

[@shizishan]

I was stuck on the tarmac in Paris for around 6-8 hours once. No service either. But I was so jetlagged I slept through it and don't really remember much about it. I got $600 back based on EU law and they paid for a dinner voucher and hotel

[@zippy-zappa-zeppo-zorba-etc]

Brett is turning out to be a first class investigative reporter. She has a long career ahead outside daily wire if she goes that route.

[@rebekahnetzorg4151]

It’s not just the US. It’s bad here, but I also had terrible experiences in Dublin and also Milan. Their airports were wildly understaffed and nobody knew what was going on. Staffing is a major issue that contributes to the overall broken problems with aviation.

[@stars6531]

America has so many problems we are embarrassing unfortunately

[@Rae0811]

So I work for a credit card company and I can tell you right now that we’re all under the same umbrella with the exception of American Express. You will very rarely get your money back if you dispute an airline with your credit card company that is under Visa or Mastercard. These airlines have their terms and conditions on so much of a lockdown that it’s almost always impossible for us to find a loophole. I hate working cases involving airlines because I know that we won’t win when the airline rebuttals.

[@flyoma]

How do people have such horrific experiences? I've flown about 175 flights this year within the US and I think I've had 2 cancelations and 2 delays that were more than 3 hours. United's internal ground stop was in effect for about 30 minutes. It was their flight dispatching system which is illegal for them to depart more flights if it is down. Not near the only one, and the best option is what they did. Far more delays or ground stops daily due to the federal government and FAA Air Traffic Control.

[@dustinryan9671]

With how the airlines treated people during the Coof how do you justify giving them money still?

[@ReallyGuy858]

Ah yes air traffic, always their fault.

[@flyoma]

@@dustinryan9671 One could just not travel period? Or go take 5 days to ride across the country on Amtrak who has a far worse on-time or cancelation rate. I mean, what's 3 hours sitting on a plane when you could be stuck with no power, running water, or working toilets in the middle of nowhere with no cell reception for 12 hours?

[@dustinryan9671]

@@flyoma I travel just fine. I get in my car and I drive were I want to travel. Just got back from Florida not long ago 1000 mile drive easy and comfortable in a large SUV for half the cost. So you justify it for comfort regardless of their actions as a company.

[@flyoma]

@@dustinryan9671 I see no more issue with their actions than I do with any company in any other field. I travel both for work and for personal. I'll take the many many times safer and faster means and fly. Can't exactly drive from the east coast to Chicago and back in one day and get anything meaningful done. Nor go 400 miles to Orlando for dinner and be back by bed time.

[@prasenjitdeb9139]

I Love the Way she brings in Ruff Greens , like slip it in in middle of the COnversations.

[@Justintime2grow]

Thankfully I have not had to deal with it because with Biden's inflation I can't afford to fly anywhere.

[@Trblmkr07]

My wife and I are planning on flying out to NM in Oct... she booked us on United!!! Thanks Brett, now I'm going to me anxious for the next few weeks. God Help that person at the counter if I have to deal with this kind of crap. I'll be my own viral video!!!

[@soulsist3rs808]

BRETT SLAYS AGAIN

[@SkiMonkz]

In the uk air traffic control had a glitch and every flight was candles for next 3 days and we had to pay for new flights

[@BigMan-uq9cz]

I almost got barred from delta after I called a flight attendant with a very fragile ego an asshole after he woke me up from a nap(after I hadn't slept for 35 hours) because my mask was under my nose. Fun times

[@RIPmichael22]

What a fuckwit!!!! Wow you called him the right name. Im Aussie so I would of swore at him for about 5 minutes straight but that would make me, or anyone, angry. That’s actually so disgusting.

[@KingLarbear]

I would of been upset

[@hoodl3m-yvl]

Bro the smooth shameless ruffgreen plugs are hillarious🤣🤣🤣

[@Yanik-Edits]

It’s 12 at night but I’m still awake enough to watch this (I had no sleep yesterday)

[@julieinthenorthwest4594]

I'm old enough to remember when the airline industry was regulated. Deregulation of the industry screwed it all up. When you bought a ticket, no hidden fess and they were even required to provide meals (based on flight duration), not just snacks.

[@justscrolling22]

literally MFGA MAKE FLIGHT GREAT AGAIN.

[@LiamColeman-Halla-yq2jl]

I agree. Things were better 50 years ago

[@Lp0tr33]

Totally reminds me of that press conference where that lady said air travel was reliable and very little issues and then the cameraman looked upward and let the audience see that every flight was at least delayed and a few canceled and almost none of them were On-Time.

[@bananajoe9951]

What can I say, United Airheads at it again.

[@Penguin-b6w]

I was flying home from Tokyo on Delta and they cancelled the flight due to an engine problem , I took the special flight the next day which used the same plane and it got cancelled due to the same problem. I finally got home two days late but luckily Delta gave me a $800 voucher

[@meleebrawler6462]

With all these horror stories coming out, it’s really making me reconsider whether or not I should travel this fall.

[@crazychase98]

Wouldn't do it

[@xchubxyoda]

Save the money and vacation time, or do a road trip. Until airlines figure it out, not worth the risk and headache. (I’m saying this with the fact I’ve had 0 airline problems, but it’s just too big of a risk in 2023)

[@timwoody3835]

My last flight was on Hawaiian Airlines in May of 2022. I drove from Kingman Arizona to Los Angeles to get a non-stop flight and everything was nearly flawless. The only problem was the long trek from ticketing/security to the gate - a 30 minute +/-walk for my wife and myself (71 and 67 at the time and she has a questionable knee). Not really comparable to most experiences here, but I have to say that the first thing is to try for non-stop flights where possible, then direct flights with no change of plane. I do believe the larger problem is insufficient maintenance of aircraft. I suspect, although I haven’t researched it, that there is a shortage of trained maintenance personnel. Add that to an aging fleet - I saw a Jen Brooks video the other day flying on American, Delta, and United and at least one of the planes was over 30 years old (actually, my recollection is something like 42 or 44 years, but I’m not totally sure). It’s time to improve the maintenance of our air fleet and update that same fleet.

[@thing999]

Love your videos! I honestly hope that if I ever have to talk to some crazy liberal that I can use all the things I've learned from you and my friends and family ( and win!)

[@kumeoii]

i’ve actually had to use things i learned from Brett against crazy libs lol

[@NateBrown-q5s]

The same thing happened with my family a couple of years ago with United in Chicago at O'Hare. They kept delaying the flight, then canceled it and didn't give us a reason. It was a flight to Hawaii, and we lost 2 days to our trip.

[@hadassahchristie5317]

This will probably be a weekly video topic. ❤

[@mesamom62]

My flight from Frankfurt was canceled. There was a broken part and they did not keep that part at the airport. It was the only flight of the day, so we were 24 hours late getting home. It is not just the US.

[@cadmando18]

Anymore if you have a good flight that isn’t delayed or doesn’t have a Karen on it, it’s a rare and lucky thing.

[@blayneford559]

I'm from England and when I or anyone else I know fly we stay well clear of America air companies, there's always something going wrong. In America everyone has a lack of options to travel internally ( state to state) for the same distence we would probably be travelling by train in the Europe so the airlines knows they have strangl hold on travel so can treat there customer however they like and still come back. It's the lack of travel options that is the problem, I my eye's as an out side observer.

[@subbrillic]

Faulty AC and no water? Thats crazy for 7 hours

[@Axelorox]

When I went to medical school, the aviation industry was taught to us as an example of a high reliability industry, where the consequences of an error (such as a crash) are very dire but there are so many systems and balances at work that the risk is minimal. In terms of safety, I would say the industry is still high reliability, but in terms of providing adequate and competent service the few years have been quite far from that ideal.

[@colfdralegend]

A train company in Japan once apologized for a 2 second delay Just thought I’d throw that out there

[@Sawyersaviation]

5:45 The people who hold you back are the Ground Controlers at that ATC center, there are multiple reasons for this, number one there could be a ground stop or ground delay program at your departure airport or arrival airport which would cause delays.

[@DiogoSalazar1]

It's just my personal take, but it's a bit disheartening to see airlines being so frugal while their profits soar into the tens of billions!

[@shadowwolf8496]

They don’t profit in the billions. That’s just they’re gross income. At most they profit 1 billion which sounds like a lot. It really isn’t because that can be lost in a single do to some unexpected event

[@notme222]

You know their financial statements are public, right? You can look up the actual numbers instead of just inventing something. An exclamation point is not a substitute for reality. United Airlines made $739 million in 2022, after losing $1.962 billion in 2021 and over $7 billion in 2020. American Airlines made only $127 million in 2022 after losing $1.993 billion in 2021. Delta was the winner of the three at $1.318 billion in 2022 and positive $280 million in 2021, but lost the most at $12.385 billion in 2020. This is not a business that's making piles of easy cash. If you think it is, feel free to go buy their stock. American Airlines is only thirteen dollars a share.

[@Fehu1964]

I haven't flown since I left Federal Law Enforcement in 2006. When I visited family in Louisiana or Pennsylvania, I drove from Colorado. It was always worth the 14 hour drives not to have to rely on the airlines and risk getting stuck somewhere for a day on a terminal floor.

[@proallnighter]

What we need is a national railway system. It’s so much easier to travel by train.

[@BlackieNuff]

I was pretty much discouraged form ever getting on another airplane after seeing the movie Alive (1993), and then fast-forward 7 or 8 years, 9/11 happens and that cinched it for me, and I was like "NEWP! NEVAH AGAIN!" Now I hate any kind of travel at all ; not just limited to planes - trains, boats, buses - screw it all. I don't even like the travel required to run local errands.

[@dracodragon5291]

How you get away with holding 100 people hostage on an airplane for almost a full work day is beyond me

[@nicolemay9115]

as someone who travels by plane 4-6 times a year i’ve probably had 1 good experience in the last year. broken luggage, delayed flights, cancelled flights. an international flight i was on was redirected to another airport and we were surrounded by border patrol until we could go back to our original destination. travel is more of a drag than exciting these days

[@ConbotFN]

Hi brett

[@deckcadetmiles]

I was on my flight from Japan back to Korea in January and it was supposed to be a 2 hour flight. We had a few issues. 1st, my seat tray was broken, so they upgraded me to the 1st row. I didn't get on and find a broken tray table, they told me before boarding (that said, I can speak Japanese, so that could be why things went as smoothly as they did). Then, the plane stayed on the tarmac for an hour, due to a runway traffic jam. The pilot actually told us that there were several planes ahead of us. The flight ended up being an hour and we made it back to Korea a little early. I love flying domestically in Korea too.