Mr. Hawley, Missouri Republican, said he spearheaded the End Airline Extortion Act to ban those predatory practices.
Airline companies treat their customers like cattle.
They charge fliers different prices for the same flights and sometimes different prices for bags and carry-ons.
Now theyre paying their employees bounties to harass customers trying to get on the plane.
And frankly, it needs to be illegal, Mr. Hawley said in a statement.
Mr. Hawley, during a hearing last week, grilled airline executives from Spirit and Frontier about the fees.
And lets be honest- theyre fuckin crushing it.
For me, I have to be forced to fly Spirit or Frontier.
(Usually to Atlantic City and Tampa).
When I do fly one of them, I know what I’m in for.
“Oh, you wanted an actual ticket to show the gate agent to board your flight?
it’s possible for you to’t really get mad.
Go to bed with dogs, wake up with fleas as they say.
The thing that always pissed me off was when I have no other choice but to fly American Airlines.
American is shitstain airline that masquerades as arealone.
You know exactly what I’m talking about.
Now for the best part.
Thats right, folks.
At the center of the senators' questioning was the matter of junk fees.
Im slightly amazed by the general attitude of all of you here.
Flying on your airlines is horrible.
Its a terrible experience.
“You charge people fees that they know nothing about.
You harass them to death.”
Meanwhile, Schroeter admitted that Frontier gate agents earn $10 per bag that they label as too big.
The bonus comes because it is “a hard job” according to Schroeter.
These policies netted gate agents $26 million in two years.
Meanwhile, Frontiers CEO Barry Biffle defended this nickel-and-dime strategy by calling passengers who skirt luggage fees shoplifters.
But dont let Spirit Airlines off the hook either.
Thats a bold move for a company whose entire business model is predicated on the misery of its customers.
Spirit Airlines should just rebrand as The Flying DMV and call it a day.
Spirit says it ended that practice at the end of September, reports Reuters.
To allow them to carry on would not be “equitable to everyone who follows the rules.”
Unlike most carriers, low-fare Frontier requires fliers to pay up to $99 to use an overhead bin.
The insanity doesnt stop at luggage.
Airlines like Frontier have turned seat selection into an extortion racket.
Want to sit next to your 5-year-old?
And dont even think about requesting extra legroom unless youve got a second mortgage lined up.
Even snacks arent safe.
These clowns are charging you for pretzels like theyre Michelin-star hors d’oeuvres.
The airlines are shockingly open about their greed.
Schroeter straight-up said their job is to generate the most revenue we can.
We’ll see what Boeing has to say about that Biff.
They dont advertise to get us to go out and buy their product obviously.
Because we cant do that.
Its like the mob and hush money.
They are a treasure trove of blog material for us.
The gift that keeps on giving.
And they havent figured out the easiest way to shush us.
kind of blew my mind.
