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onebadclam
11/09/09

In reply to Give Reporters the Most Luxurious Airline Seats or Give Them Death
Business Class to Switzerland? Oh, the humanity! As someone who spent years flying coach in and out of Cincinatti and Indianapolis may I hear them cry me a river? And not the "good" coach, either. The seats in the back, next to bathroom and galley, that don't recline. #media
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Pesti-Esti
11/09/09

@onebadclam: The problem was they were on the plane to write about the first-class seats. It was the reason for the flight. #media
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onebadclam
11/09/09

@Pesti-Esti: Still, give me that assignment with Business Class seats and I'll give you 2K words by end of day Tuesday. #media
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raincoaster
11/09/09

@Pesti-Esti: So? I've written about some of the world's greatest jewels and I didn't even get Swarovski keepsakes! #media
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Pesti-Esti
11/09/09

@raincoaster: I honestly don't know why they had to fly them anywhere. Couldn't they have written about the seats on the ground? Set up an extra one in your New York office and reporters can come by and see it. My point is only that, if you are going to fly a bunch of journalists to Switzerland so they can experience these wonderful new seats, it makes no sense to not let them sit in the seats. #media
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raincoaster
11/10/09

@Pesti-Esti: Airlines are incredibly greedy, though. If they thought they had the slightest chance of selling those seats, they'd have pushed the reporters back to the cargo hold, I'm sure. My father was an airline mechanic, and changing the seats around is a big, BIG deal. Very expensive. They couldn't just bolt them to a few rows of business class. And no airline on Earth is going to give away first class seats when it thinks it can sell them, not only because they're greedy but also because first class passengers kick up a HELLUVA stink when they realize they can't get a seat in first class. #media
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Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
11/09/09

In reply to Give Reporters the Most Luxurious Airline Seats or Give Them Death
I'm traveling to China soon. I can't wait to read Car & Driver & Bicyclist Pinned Under Fender. #media
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TableNein
11/09/09

@Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: And I look forward to reading Dissident Bride's Top 10 ways to make conjugal visits a honeymoon to remember. #media
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