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The701
"earns"
StellaMatutina
Let them eat lead
Cilvaa
Fluffy314
Well, it's not in the image, there's no article linked, and it somehow isn't in the top several comments (not complaining, just surprised).
So for everyone's information, the airline in question is Frontier. I *used* to prefer them because I usually don't bring much with me on flights which made the price incredibly low. But now I'm avoiding them on principle.
magicaljeep
The whipping post is still in the yard at Bushy Mountain prison in Tennessee. Just saying
bikergeek6249
The last state to eliminate whipping as a penalty was Delaware, in 1972. The last actual whipping to be carried out was 1952. (Former Delaware resident, here.)
alcamar
DanielAsparagus
Shoplifters? Of what?
bikergeek6249
This is right up there with the network executive who claimed that going to the bathroom during a commercial break was theft.
MagicBeets
Fuck that guy too
Mattnader
How the dick do you even justify anywhere close to that value to society
stonebrood
yeah really. the idea that carry ons are tantamount to shoplifting is pathetic. some people huh
BautaStein
We could turn the stockmarket to stocks on the market
lightfoot2
Well, I won't say you're wrong.....
hotaru251
flying is no longer a luxury thing like back in my grandfathers day....its just a means to a destination. The airline is not losing $ if they dont pay as if they didnt pay they would bring carryon & thus neither party gets what they want in end..
psmith00
i've not flown before but with all i hear about the cost of baggage fees i'm wondering if air cargo rates are better or worse. get a good quality air cargo rated tote/container and throw all your travel stuff in it and let it go at cargo rates.
300Hectares1TankofKerosene
A reckoning is way overdue. This fuckery has been out of control for decades. A guy making $708,000 a MONTH doesn’t have a goddamn clue about anything.
modis
In an industry where the price of a ticket can fluctuate by several hundred dollars day to day, adding extra for carry-on is a criminally blatant cash grab.
lovehandlesmessiah
ReaperNo1
Can we put Trump and Musk at the top of the list?
unluckyandbored
Elon Musk is, at this point, the richest man in the world. By all logic, he should be the first.
GenesisNynja
Let’s start putting those figures in hours so the common 9-5 idiot can really comprehend how insane the wealth gap here is. “Airline boss who earns $4,100 per hour, or $32,500 per day…” This greedy fucker earns more in a DAY than a lot of people do in a YEAR.
LootenetDan
Something needs to be done about the word "earns" there. "Extorts," more like
qtRaven
Disembowleeh
No. We need to kill more ceos
oldguyexlurker
I keep hearing all these repeated admonitions at the gates against more than two carry-ons. "We'll take you aside and you'll have to consolidate before boarding." "Your carry-on can't be more than 'THIS' big. It WILL be checked." And then, even on full flights, they just stroll on with 3-4 carry-ons and huge effing bags. I don't mind the cost avoidance, but there really IS limited space and waiting to take off while people and attendants try to cram those extra cases into storage is a pain.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
I agree, and there's no room for the carry-ons of people who just brought one, because of those breaking the rules. I shouldn't have to gate-check my carry-on while someone else brought on way more than they were allowed.
widiwi
floggings will continue until morale improves.
bippityboppitybuttsex
I am saying more dead CEOs is an inherent good... though, TBH, I would prefer dead billionaires.
madplantladystuff
I mean the point is to cause change by returning to them the suffering they've given in exchange for our money and time.
Clockworkdancerobot
They're the ones paying the bills of a lot of right wing creeps.
whatdidyoureallyexpect
themobileappisbroken
Yeah billionaires are a much better target.
There are plenty of CEO's who aren't billionaires or even millionaires.
The not for profit I work for has one.
bippityboppitybuttsex
I was part of a small startup (IT VAR), we got paid after everyone else did (making payroll was, um, difficult sometimes)... not all CEOs are evil... but all billionaires are... There is no ethical way to make a billion dollars.
Nalianna
There's a lot of cross over.
bippityboppitybuttsex
There is, but the CEO of your non-profit food pantry is probably making less than minimum wage.... and is spending all of their time filling out grant applications.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Smaller subset. CEOs are their enablers
VitaminJay
DarthGoodguy
malbec
nobodyspecial995
That whole hearing was just outlandish. I couldn't believe the things he tried to justify, and the answers he tried to not give. That's a dude who needs to be in jail. I don't know what he's done that was illegal, but I know he's done something illegal. He hit me as the kind of guy who probably hunts humans for sport after Christmas dinner.
spillblood
can hardly wait for the telecom ceos to start this shite after tRump's FCC dismantles the last vestiges of net neutrality
sascottsn
StellarJay77
I'm reminded of that Ukrainian woman who gave a Russian soldier some sunflower seeds so sunflowers will grown from where ever he was killed. We should start sending CEO's sunflower seeds.
ClassifiedUsername
wtf does this even mean?
sascottsn
What are you unclear about?
ClassifiedUsername
Explain the meaning of the photo please. Genuinely confused.
StellarJay77
"Ring around the rosy" is a folk tune that speaks to the "Black Plague" in medieval Europe. "We all fall down" is referencing death so this is a veiled threat of making CEO's "fall down".
wadatahmydamie
sascottsn
That's why I said "should" instead of "will."
sascottsn
is this better?
wadatahmydamie
Oh I like both just fine
ViolentlyJaded
Are the 3 Ds for any industry?
malbec
I think it’s mandatory we apply them to any industry posting profits in the billions.
reddenbocker
What are the three Ds?
LootenetDan
Luigi's bullets, "deny, delay, depose," presumably a take on the insurance practice of, "deny, delay, defend"
LootenetDan
Excuse me, "deny, defend, depose"* on the bullets
solmazer
Let it be yes. A rallying cry we can all agree on will strengthen our voice
CycloneSP
Deny their power, Defend our rights, Depose their presence
Zamm005
Yup! It's going to be the working class' rallying cry around the world if democracy has anything to say about it...
We really should organise a day where everyone phones their healthcare companies and chants the words!
Richter12x2
Not necessarily, but airlines, absolutely.
HowlingRollercoaster2
absolutely
whereismymind86
i mean, kinda, anything where capitalism has run amok and turned our world into a dystopian hellscape.
kevbot5000
*vaguely gestures at everything
eromitlab
How about tarring and feathering? That seems like it could make a comeback for C suite jackals.
lunatic02
As long as the tar is boiling hot when applied to 90% or more of their body, sure.
vindik8or
You know in Game of Thrones where Cersei had to walk from the Sept back to the Palace? Yeah. That.
Teratoid
"Fun" thing about that is removing the tar removes the burnt skin. Thus, it was oft fatal when large amounts of skin were affected.
Clippyjustwantedtohelp
even better
Teratoid
*Please note: apparently no one is known to have died from being tarred and feathered. I was misled by an educator of dubious sobriety. My apologies.
Mumalot
who can afford tar and feathers in this economy!?
eromitlab
We might have to make do with what's cheaply available. I'm thinking high-fructose corn syrup and microplastics.
CgnCalling
Barry Biffle, Frontier Airlines.
Sausagesandplantsandgoldfish
Frontier? That's the airline that, in an emergency, has you swipe your credit card to get the air flowing. /s
ScootyPuffSr
Thank you - I may have to book a flight soon and I wouldn't want to do business with his company.
Hammertulski
Avoid Frontier if you can. They’re fucking awful.
ScootyPuffSr
I mean, yeah, but this takes it from "avoid if possible" to "not unless the only other option is Southwest."
Hammertulski
Fair, and I have had OK service on short hauls with Southwest. Never when I have an instrument with me; they’re competing with United and now Delta for forcing gate checks and destroying stuff.
ScootyPuffSr
I wouldn't know about their service - I don't trust their mechanics. They ignored mandatory maintenance on aircraft skin for a hundred planes for two years until caught, during which time they had two identical skin blowouts. Biggest fine in FAA history. Did they learn and clean up their maintenance? Nah. Not long after, two nearly identical uncontained engine failures, one threw chunks through a window & a passenger's head.