“entarged—by--
Now,. people prefer “E” for

entirely of wide-bodied

aay
fe

only. dune, you can‘see out of”.
the window is: sky. Max-
‘Ward ‘didn’t like to hear
people grouching about seat
“EF” so he trotted all ‘his.
aircraft back to their makers»
and had that centre seat

that little. extra comfort.
Remember that" if your
posterior. is a tight fit in
regular economy seats.

This gem of information.
was passed on to me by Ross

aircraft. As you-know,: these --. -
planes’ have two aisles and a a

airlines are showing: a profit?.
Not’ many but ‘Northwest

whee

Orient’ stands out as a
consistant money 1 maker..
Ross raved ‘about-..the

‘standards. and quality of

Delta Airlines. Luckily, I've

flown with Delta so. we could. ;

compare notes. Must .ad
that it's a class act all the wa
and I truly enjoyed my flight
from ‘Los Angeles to Puerto
Rico even though we: ‘had to
overnight in Los Angeles to

s catchit.

Ce so that their airline could

North: ‘America although 1

“understand that Los Angeles

and Washington D.C. are

not beloved by pilots. __
“Are there any ‘airlines

that you prefer not to book

_for your .clients?” I asked

-Yreland-of-P;-Lawson-Travel——Ross.—-—----—. oe

who: -has. been -helping me.
with the past two columns on
airlines.

. Last column, I mentioned
the. headaches involved in
route changes. Airline traffic
is way down and the airlines
have had to make a lot of
difficult and annoying

changes in their schedules.
Ross told me about a change
that turned one of his client's
visit. to Toronto into a horror

flights, she explained
that:she was a real: “white

knuckle” ‘flyer and specified  /

that ‘she must have non-stop

flights . “both, ways. I ‘can’.
sympathize - I'm generally Sy
OK once'l'm up in the air but -

take-offs and landings terrify
me.

_ All was well on her flight
to Toronto. During her visit,
the airline did a bit of

. reshuffling and changed: the-

return flight from non-stop
to'FOUR stop. What could
the: lady do? She got home
safely but boiling mad. What
can the airline do about it?
Nothing. What can the
travel agent do? Less..
We've all heard stories
about airports being rated as
“Black Star” by the pilots
who must fly into them. You
can get a full listing of these
by contacting your public
library. As far as I know,
there are currently none in

. world .

' “Not from any ‘personal
experience.

experienced crews of any
airline. You may not like the
domestic service as well but
it may be the only way to get
to.where you're going. You
may meet an old friend from
Canada - one of our retired
aircraft.”

It is interesting to know

‘which airlines are carrymg

the .most passengers. The
leader is Eastern
Airlines and Air Canada
appears in the top ten. What

25% -

On _ overseas ©
flights you~ get the.’ best.
planes, best service and most

__Best. of all. Y ‘liked the
story Ross told me about
Delta. The big new deal on
the’. aircraft scene is the
Boeing: 767:and it's astatus

symbolto7own ore: or ten. ~

Delta. couldn't. ‘manage the
price tag and regretfully
informed ' their employees.
Voluntarily, every employee
of Delta reached into their
pocket and contributed $800

erstand that
when the cheque was
presented to the
management there were
tears in some steely-biue
eyes.

No wonder you get fine
service on Delta. The

” employees own the plane! —

Everyone who ‘flies a lot
has stories about: bad ex-
periences.. I've.=\had ‘my

‘share; each time ‘due to bad

weather. A thunder storm

over the Andes is no joke —

and I experienced one
dreadful one on a flight from

Rio to Lima, The aisles were ~

awash in spilled food and
drink, among other things,
and if I'd been.able to get out
and walk-—-. Two flights in
Australia in gale-force winds

scared me white.
The first was from
Adelaide to Brisbane.

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