[Trombone-l] Transiting DFW with multiple bags

[Earl Needham]

Jeff Albert wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Earl Needham 
> <needhame1 at plateautel.net <mailto:needhame1 at plateautel.net>> wrote:
>
>     Bonemaster wrote:
>     > Maybe we missed something. If Mike was already in the security
>     cue or Raye
>     > is an AA employee, then this is NOT an airline issue; they have
>     no control
>     > or authority.
>     >
>        This happened at DFW, AFTER Mike had flown form Lubbock.  He went
>     through security and check-in at LBB, and the security queue wasn't
>     involved in the least at DFW, it was all at AA's gate for the
>     flight to
>     Houston.
>
>
> Not that this excuses her being rude, but he did have too many bags. 
>  The rule was changed in Lubbock, not DFW.  You get a carry on and a 
> personal item.  A briefcase, garment bag, and trombone is two carry 
> ons and a personal item, or maybe two personal items and a carry on. 
>  They let him get by with it in Lubbock.  Again, this doesn't excuse 
> rude service, and I would still write a letter, but he did have too 
> many bags.
    Oh yeah, that's right -- the agent at LBB told him to call the 
computer a "man bag" and he could go with it.  He had already planned to 
pay the extra $100+ to check extra bags, but she didn't do that.
> The airlines bring this on themselves to some extent by charging to 
> check bags.  I think you should get $10 back if you check your bag. 
>  The flights would board and unload faster, and there would always be 
> room for trombones.
    You know, that's the biggest problem right there -- they are 
stuffing so many seats on airplanes these days that nobody has enough 
room.  I'm glad Mike was taking his small tenor as a carry on, rather 
than the big Edwards Bass.

    But the real complaint was the rudeness and yelling at Mike.  The 
whole time, he was asking how to fix it, and she just kept screaming.  
Maybe she needs some counseling.  Or a quick termination.

    Earl

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