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<v Speaker 1>Get a little bit of late star but better late

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<v Speaker 1>than never with I Media bas expert Jay Ratliff. Welcome back,

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<v Speaker 1>my dear friend, Jay. It's always a pleasure to have

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<v Speaker 1>you on the morning show.

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<v Speaker 3>Pleasan good morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's start out of order because I want to give

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<v Speaker 1>a little more time to the first story about the

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<v Speaker 1>passenger shaming. Let's just jump to one that made the

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<v Speaker 1>stack as stupid this week Air India passengers stopping up

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<v Speaker 1>the toilets on the airplane. What the hell, Brian, I've.

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<v Speaker 3>Said this before, I'll say it again. You'll never hear

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<v Speaker 3>me make that arrogant claim of well, I've seen it

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<v Speaker 3>all because fails to recognize people can still come up

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<v Speaker 3>with ways to surprise us. And this stems from a

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<v Speaker 3>fourteen hour scheduled flight from Chicago to Delhi when eight

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<v Speaker 3>of the twelve lavatories and yes, I said eight of

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<v Speaker 3>the twelve stopped working because passengers had flushed clothing down

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<v Speaker 3>the lavatories. Now, I remember a number of years ago

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<v Speaker 3>with Gilbert and Narley, with our friend Gary Burbank, he

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<v Speaker 3>called one of the airlines panic that he he was

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<v Speaker 3>in trouble with the law because he flushed a foreign

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<v Speaker 3>objects down the toilet. It was a chicklet made in Mexico,

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<v Speaker 3>and he thought for sure he'd broken some sort of

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<v Speaker 3>FAA rule because there is a sign in the lavatory

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<v Speaker 3>saying no foreign objects in the lavatories. I guess we

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<v Speaker 3>need to expand that. My attorney friends to clothing is

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<v Speaker 3>not allowed down the I just well, you know, we

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<v Speaker 3>went around the industry since October of eighty one. I've

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<v Speaker 3>never heard of a story where the clothing caused the

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<v Speaker 3>laboratory to stop working. Certainly not at eight of the

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<v Speaker 3>twelve Okay, the.

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<v Speaker 1>Flight and see now that was my point because I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to ask you about that. This sounds like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a concerted effort. It was an intentional thing

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<v Speaker 1>to sabotage the toilets for some reason.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if it's sabotaged, Brian, or if it's

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<v Speaker 3>a thing that I'm just oblivious to. But they were

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<v Speaker 3>five hours into the fourteen hour flight and they turned

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<v Speaker 3>around and came all the way back to Chicago. Because

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<v Speaker 3>anytime we're on a flight where you don't have an

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<v Speaker 3>appropriate number of lavatories that are operational, you're not to

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<v Speaker 3>operate the flight. So at that point in time, it

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<v Speaker 3>was it's quicker to go back and land than it

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<v Speaker 3>is to go forward in land. And to think that

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<v Speaker 3>it wasn't a mechanical situation with the laboratories, which happens

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<v Speaker 3>from time to time, but it was the fact that

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<v Speaker 3>people were flushing clothing down the last When the story

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<v Speaker 3>hit my my desk, I thought, okay, this is you know,

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<v Speaker 3>somebody's having fun with something, because this isn't a real thing.

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<v Speaker 3>And I saw report after report after report after report,

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<v Speaker 3>and yeah, because I'm always very guarded on anything you

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<v Speaker 3>and I talk about, I want to make sure that

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<v Speaker 3>I've got all the facts, and this one just blew

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<v Speaker 3>me away. But yeah, eight of twelve lavatories on the

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<v Speaker 3>Boeing Triple seven inoperative because of clothing that people had flushed.

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<v Speaker 2>Down the lavage.

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<v Speaker 1>Again, it made the stack as stupid earlier this week, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>pause and bring day ratlif back talker. Is it actionable

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<v Speaker 1>to passenger shame plus a lot more. I'll be right

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<v Speaker 1>back after these brief words.

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<v Speaker 2>Fifty five KRC dot com. All right, Gary selfing here

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<v Speaker 2>for shull Off TV station.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a Friday. He always enjoyed closing up to

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<v Speaker 1>pick about Teressey morning shows on Thursdays, with iheartmediavas next

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<v Speaker 1>work Jay raight Low. So let's resume the conversation and

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<v Speaker 1>this next topic goes back to an incident I think

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<v Speaker 1>that happened in December. Remind my listeners about that, and

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<v Speaker 1>we've got a new development on it, which is well

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<v Speaker 1>a lawsuit.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's a twenty nine year old. She was flying

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<v Speaker 3>low cost carrier South American carrier Gaull GOL. She boarded

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<v Speaker 3>her flight Brian, she noticed that a child he was

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<v Speaker 3>seated in her window seat. She asked the child, you

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<v Speaker 3>know she could sit there, and he moved. Everything was

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<v Speaker 3>nice and once the passenger sat down, the mom of

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<v Speaker 3>the child approached her saying, hey, is it okay if

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<v Speaker 3>my son sits in your seat? Now, apparently he had

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<v Speaker 3>another seat, another window seat, but he preferred her seat,

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<v Speaker 3>and this traveler polightly refused, saying no, I'm I'm just

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<v Speaker 3>going to sit here. And that's when the moms started

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<v Speaker 3>yelling at her and takes out her phone and starts

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<v Speaker 3>recording her say she was a bad person. Well, this video,

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<v Speaker 3>as most travel videos do, went viral more than two

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<v Speaker 3>million views, and this woman was forced to quit her

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<v Speaker 3>job as a banker. Lived in seclusion at her home

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<v Speaker 3>as a result. And now she's seen the airline and

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<v Speaker 3>the passenger who took the video saying they were trying

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<v Speaker 3>to shame her when all she was trying to do

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<v Speaker 3>was sit in the seat she had paid for. And

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<v Speaker 3>we're seeing so many times I hear from somebody I

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<v Speaker 3>know at least once a week that's on a flight

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<v Speaker 3>where there's normally a family of a bunch that bored

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<v Speaker 3>and they started asking a bunch of people to change

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<v Speaker 3>their seats that they paid for to accommodate them so

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<v Speaker 3>they can all sit together. Now, keep in mind, this

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<v Speaker 3>family could have gotten the seats together, could have paid

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<v Speaker 3>whatever they had for the family to sit together. But

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<v Speaker 3>somehow we're the bad guys when we say no, thank

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<v Speaker 3>you and bright some of these requests are so ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like, can I have your aisle seat in row

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<v Speaker 3>eight so you can sit in my middle seat in

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<v Speaker 3>row third?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, yeah, that's a hard.

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<v Speaker 3>But people are upset when you say no to that.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I just you know. And sadly, this is

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<v Speaker 3>getting more and more prevalent as the behavior on board

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<v Speaker 3>airplanes continues to spiral. In fact, a term you're going to.

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<v Speaker 3>We've talked about gatelights, the people that try to board

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<v Speaker 3>the flight earlier that they're supposed to. There's a new

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<v Speaker 3>term out there that's called speakers come. These are people

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<v Speaker 3>that are on board an airplane that fail to use

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<v Speaker 3>their earbuds air buds where they have the recording the

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<v Speaker 3>noise just to them, not to everybody else. Right now,

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<v Speaker 3>we've got so many people on planes that, for whatever

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<v Speaker 3>the reason, just play their their electronic device at high

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<v Speaker 3>volumes where it's not only where they can hear it,

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<v Speaker 3>but everybody was in seven rows and light intents are

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<v Speaker 3>trying to tell the people to stop it. But we're

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<v Speaker 3>seeing more and more of that kind of behavior. So

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<v Speaker 3>it's getting to the point where it's just absolutely ridiculous

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<v Speaker 3>to fly. And yeah, I mean speakers come. If you

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<v Speaker 3>hear that, that's what they're talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>I always learn a new term from you. I think

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<v Speaker 1>this has become a common occurrence with you, Jay Ratlers.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not making these up. It's sad that we have

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<v Speaker 3>behaviors so bad we have to assign names to it,

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<v Speaker 3>but hey, that's what we do.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and don't be that person. You know, if you

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<v Speaker 1>were on an airplane, would you want someone playing their

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<v Speaker 1>favorite music, which might you might find offensive or not

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<v Speaker 1>within your liking, sitting next to you, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>just the most inconsiderate thing. Jay.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well you and I can't comprehend it because I

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<v Speaker 3>know how you were raised. I know, yes, there's no

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<v Speaker 3>way on God's green earth we would do that. But

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<v Speaker 3>the idea that not only do people feel comfortable doing it,

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<v Speaker 3>they take exception when you ask them to please, could

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<v Speaker 3>you turn that down? So you know only four rows

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<v Speaker 3>can hear it instead of seven. It's just yeah, Now,

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<v Speaker 3>there's been times where you have people on board the

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<v Speaker 3>airplane decide to watch porn in the flight, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 3>and say would you please turn that off? Because other

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<v Speaker 3>passengers could find it offensive. So you just have this

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<v Speaker 3>behavior that is just permeating from flights these days that

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<v Speaker 3>you know, yes, the number of irate passengers is down

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<v Speaker 3>compared to years before, but some of this behavior is

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<v Speaker 3>just beyond my ability to comprehend because I don't think

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<v Speaker 3>that way, and thank God I don't think that way

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<v Speaker 3>because it just makes no sense to me.

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<v Speaker 1>I am still reeling when you said someone had the

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<v Speaker 1>audacity to watch porn on an air airplane.

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<v Speaker 3>Lord, my irregular occurrence, Oh my god. And you I've

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<v Speaker 3>talked about these flight attendants already not getting the respect

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<v Speaker 3>that they deserve from the people who fly that are

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<v Speaker 3>responsible for protecting incident, emergency and all the things they

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<v Speaker 3>have to do. Just add that on top of it

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<v Speaker 3>where they have to, you know, tell people to try

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<v Speaker 3>to act in something that would be considered a civil

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<v Speaker 3>fashion of some kind. I don't know, I just you know.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why they continue to get my undying gratitude because

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<v Speaker 3>of the crap they have to put up with people

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<v Speaker 3>that fly every day.

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<v Speaker 1>Amazing. Well, it's pause, we'll bring it back. We'll talk

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<v Speaker 1>moving over got a new in Southwest Airlines baggage policy.

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<v Speaker 3>Yep, they're you know, bags fly free right well as

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<v Speaker 3>of me I think twenty sixth or twenty eighth, that's

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<v Speaker 3>not going to be the case. Southwest has announced that

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<v Speaker 3>they're going to have to start charging for checked bags,

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<v Speaker 3>and this is after fifty four years of bags fly free. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>if you are a member of their frequent flyer program,

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<v Speaker 3>I believe you're still going to get the two bags

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<v Speaker 3>if you have the credit card for through Southwest, I

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<v Speaker 3>think one bag, but everyone else is going to be

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<v Speaker 3>paying for the further bags. And of course, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>Southwest is seen for years lines their competitors making hundreds

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<v Speaker 3>and hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars a year

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<v Speaker 3>in bag faith and they have constantly consistently said.

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<v Speaker 2>No, we're not going to do that.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, the Elliott management group, who came in to try

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<v Speaker 3>to do it hostile takeover here a while back, has

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<v Speaker 3>really forced Southwest into adopting things they had not done before,

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<v Speaker 3>such as a signed seating which is supposed to begin

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<v Speaker 3>sometime next year, premium seats where people can pay for

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<v Speaker 3>more leg room, and now for bags that the passengers

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<v Speaker 3>are going to have to pay for. And we don't

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<v Speaker 3>know yet what the cost is going to be, but

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<v Speaker 3>it is a it's a step that Southwest had to take,

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<v Speaker 3>and pretty much my only surprise is that it took

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<v Speaker 3>so long. I thought they would have done this years

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<v Speaker 3>ago because Southwest used to make money falling out of BED.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it was they would make money when everybody

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<v Speaker 3>else was losing money decade after decade. But the problem

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<v Speaker 3>is that right now they've changed their business practice. They

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<v Speaker 3>used to be successful in flying in and out of smaller,

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<v Speaker 3>not regional airports, but smaller airports where they could get

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<v Speaker 3>in and out quickly, limited flight activity, very few, little congestion,

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<v Speaker 3>and they could use that silver revenue tube for five

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<v Speaker 3>segments a day. Well, then they decided, well, we're going

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<v Speaker 3>to go to La Guardia, We're going to fly in

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<v Speaker 3>out of it Atlanta, We're going to do this, this

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<v Speaker 3>and this, and now they're dealing with airports that are

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<v Speaker 3>known for some of their flying delays. And now that

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<v Speaker 3>aircraft can't be used for five segments a day, it's

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<v Speaker 3>three or four, and all of a sudden they start

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<v Speaker 3>making much less in revenue. Well, obviously they're hurting, and

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<v Speaker 3>this is a step that they're going to be taking

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<v Speaker 3>to try to get it back, and of course passengers

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<v Speaker 3>are either understanding or ticked because now they have to

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<v Speaker 3>pay per bags. Well you had fifty four years, come on.

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<v Speaker 3>And the other thing is I like that Amtrak had

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<v Speaker 3>fun with this. They put out a tweet saying, I

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<v Speaker 3>guess we're the only ones where bags go free, so

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<v Speaker 3>come on. So I love it when a business has.

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<v Speaker 1>Fun like that. Yeah, but the Amtrak train will most

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<v Speaker 1>likely be delayed and those always yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, this is all true. But I'm still going to

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<v Speaker 3>give them credit for having fun. Oh yeah, I'm glad

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<v Speaker 3>Southwest is making the changes they need to make because

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<v Speaker 3>they're a great airline. They have been struggling over a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of different self inflicted issues over the last several years,

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<v Speaker 3>and they're trying to turn things around, and I think

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<v Speaker 3>that they're going to be able to do it. And look,

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<v Speaker 3>this is an airline that the passengers are the employees

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<v Speaker 3>rather At one time, they only had four airplanes in

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<v Speaker 3>the early early days, and for them to make money,

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<v Speaker 3>they had to turn that airplane in ten minutes, that's

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<v Speaker 3>six hundred seconds, and they found a way to make

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<v Speaker 3>it happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, a lot of times they were business travelers and

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of things have changed since those early days.

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<v Speaker 3>But the bottom line is, if anybody can pull this

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<v Speaker 3>turnaround off, it's going to be the people at Southwest.

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<v Speaker 1>Airlines all right, Well, just in time for summer traveling

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<v Speaker 1>vacation season, airlines are reducing summer capacity.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, Delta announced late last week that they are

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<v Speaker 3>reducing their future guidance. They're slashing some of those expectations

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<v Speaker 3>in half. So as a result, they're saying that the

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<v Speaker 3>economy is starting to slow or the future demand for

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<v Speaker 3>travel is slowing, so they, as a result, are going

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<v Speaker 3>to reduce the number of flights during the busy and

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<v Speaker 3>incredibly lucrative summer travel season. A Brian, This scares me

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<v Speaker 3>because if we see Delta and now United and other

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<v Speaker 3>carriers do that where they're reducing the number of seats

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<v Speaker 3>during that busy summer travel season, it means that the

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<v Speaker 3>fares for the remaining seats are going to.

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<v Speaker 1>Go up, up, up, up, up up up.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm hoping that most of the people listen to us

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<v Speaker 3>that li every summer bought their tickets six seven months ago.

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<v Speaker 3>But if you've not yet done it, I would suggest

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<v Speaker 3>quickly doing so, because the fares are only going to

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<v Speaker 3>go up, and you know, grab the trip cancelation insurance

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<v Speaker 3>to protect yourself and make your reservations as quickly as

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<v Speaker 3>you can, because as this trend continues, the fares are

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<v Speaker 3>going to go up, go up, and it's going to

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<v Speaker 3>be considerably more to fly this summer than it was

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<v Speaker 3>last simply because we have a few receipts.

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<v Speaker 1>Sound advice from Jay Ratliff as always, and finally, as

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<v Speaker 1>we always do to part before we part company, Hub

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<v Speaker 1>Delights for today Today.

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<v Speaker 3>Los Angeles has given us issues, some big time issues there.

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<v Speaker 3>If you're flying to and through there, Ryan, the real

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<v Speaker 3>story is going to be later tonight over the next

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<v Speaker 3>couple of days where we're going to storm through the

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<v Speaker 3>central in the eastern part of the United States. If

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<v Speaker 3>you're gonna be flying over the next forty eight hours,

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<v Speaker 3>please make sure the airlines have a way to get

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<v Speaker 3>a hold of you. That way, if your itinerary is impacted,

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<v Speaker 3>they can get a hold of you long before you

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<v Speaker 3>get to the airport. Maybe give you options where you

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<v Speaker 3>can decide, you know, what you would like to have

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<v Speaker 3>if something happens to your flight. But yeah, it's gonna

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<v Speaker 3>be problematic over probably through Sunday, so if you're scheduled

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<v Speaker 3>hold of you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Jay Rattler for all the information and sound advice.

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<v Speaker 1>I look forward to another segment of this top or

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<v Speaker 1>another segment of our aviation discussion next Thursday, and between

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<v Speaker 1>now and then, best of health you and your better half.

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<v Speaker 3>Imagine the fun that will happen between now and then, brother,

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<v Speaker 3>But I'll.

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<v Speaker 1>Be right, no doubt about it. It's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a long list expected. Thanks Jay, have a great day.

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