David Stempler Quotes (15 Quotes)

The irritation level is just a lot higher.

In Las Vegas, you have a big convention business and, to the extent they have one card that they could easily use it both there and at their home airports, that would save some time.

We've had passengers stranded on taxiways for longer than that. I think it's really going to be a session for the secretary to browbeat people and really deflect blame from the Department of Transportation and the FAA.

We have heard no complaints yet. People are a little startled the first time. Your hair blows a bit.

The enemy in this process is us we the passengers have basically sent a signal to the airlines that we only really care about the price of a ticket, that low fare.

Traditionally when you went to hotels or car rental, you had a reservation but no ticket. I like to have paper tickets to be able to move quickly around airports and change flights, but if you lost it, it was a major pain. You don't have to worry about losing an e-ticket.

People didn't pay for these miles. These are loyalty points. People seem to think they have some dollar amount invested there and they don't.

Even if Delta pilots don't strike and something is worked out with the flight attendants, there's still a long road ahead to get out of bankruptcy. There are still a lot of bullets to be dodged.

Canceled flights really irritate passengers tremendously, because you're stuck, and you usually can't get out of an airport for a day or more, and so it really disrupts their travel many times more than a delayed flight.

Fares will be down, crowds will be up, delays will be longer. You're more likely to be in the middle seat, or next to someone in the middle seat, or sitting at the gate because you got bumped off the airplane.

People are really panicking. All I can tell them is they shouldn't worry too much about it, that they have to remember to some degree they really didn't pay for the miles.

If we can get together and decide (on a) path in the next five years we can avoid the gridlock we've experienced this summer. Otherwise, it's going to get worse.

The situation got out of hand and got away from them.

The status remains quo as far as passengers are concerned. The tickets are good, everything functions normally, there's no real impact.

Not only do we have the potential for all these different airline strikes, but we also have the potential for extreme weather like we had last year.