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News Flash! Flight Attendant Gets Drunker than Passengers! Is Rewarded with Fame and Immortality!

For those of you who have NOT seen the video of the drunken fright attendant for Delta Airlines, here it is:   

If you'd rather read the CNN version of the story, here IT is.

Personally, we like any story that begins with "A flight attendant appeared in court Monday to answer charges she was drinking alcohol on the job and told a captain "You're dead" as she was removed from the plane." (CNN.com)

Yea, yea, yea...we're all human...Isolated incident...not representative of the industry....

Might your Aircomplane.com Spite Crew recommend her sentence?

Sit on a plane with no food, water, and 20 of your colleagues for 10 hours. And let's keep it real: They won't tell you why you're there, how long you're going to be there, and that the only plane that DID take off just delivered your luggage and bottle of Jack Daniels to Salt Lake City.

The pisser is that in six months after rehab she'll have a talk show.

The Aircomplane.com Video Contest!

Your Spite Attendant Crew at Aircomplane.com™ has an exciting announcement for you. An unnamed airline has offered us $1,000,000 to pull down the website... Just kidding.

Actually, we are VERY excited and pleased with the bloggership feedback we’ve received, and we appreciate your input, attention, and interest. AND, let this posting serve as the first official announcement of the Aircomplane.com™ Video Contest! Yes, you heard us right.

Aircomplane.com™ is now looking for entries from readers highlighting any aspect of our mission: poor and/or disrespectful service, polyester Philistines on power-trips, or classic cases of how an airline’s refusal to communicate with you as a customer seems counter to the basic tenets of good business.

And besides, what’s more patriotic than challenging an arrogant, broken industry that ultimately costs the U.S. taxpayers millions of dollars? Highlighting such attitude, ineptitude and malfeasance should be our civic duty.

As always, Aircomplane.com™ will not post any clips that could be construed as criticizing or overtly showcasing security proceedings. We are all about taking the proper safety precautions here; we just don't like being pushed around.

 Now, there are two video categories for the contest: Provable and Parable.

Parable: For those who want to have some fun, do it here. Send us your (fictitious) salute to airline service. YouTube.com has some remarkable parodies and commercials from the past that may inspire you. Have at it, but keep it clean(ish). Despite being treated like children by many of the airlines, very few ACTUAL children read this blog. Sample Parable.

Provable: Arrogance in action. Ineptitude. Power trips, condescension, and basically treating a PAYING CUSTOMER like, well, cattle. Or a young child. Or young cattle... I guess that’s a calf. Anyway, you get the idea. And don’t feel you have to do any masterful editing, titles, or fancy graphics. Just make sure we can see it, hear it, and have some idea of how it demonstrates poor customer service by an airline. Sample Provable.

There will be at least one winner in each category. They will each receive, we kid you not, a travel package for two on Amtrak! What better way to show them you don't want their "friendly skies" than by remaining firmly on the ground!

(NOTE: Amtrak is not a sponsor of this contest. We will be buying the winner's their tickets. We can do that, right? Sure we can.) Yes, the glorious days of rail travel, once again. Relax, walk to the club car, and be greeted by employees who smile because they WANT (and NEED) your business.

PLUS, the winning entries and runners up will be featured here with great aplomb on Aircomplane.com™…and other stuff.

 So, get thinking, and get started. Oh, and try to keep it under five minutes. Good luck!

(further rules & regulations will be posted shortly)

Complaining is Hip! Just Don't Travel to Birmingham (Apparently)

And so life collides for us once again, in a coincidental and exciting fashion! YouTube.com, the arbiter (and barometer) of whats-happening-now and all that is hip on the internet, is featuring a series of videos on...wait for it... complaining!!

As much as we'd like to take credit for initiating the trend (or even noticing it in time to copy it ;), we cannot. The concept is simple - and simply hilarious: "The Complaints Choir invites people to complain as much as they want and to sing their complaints out loud together with fellow complainers. The first choir was organized in Birmingham followed by the "Complaints Choir of Helsinki and Hamburg."

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w84qzHdEms.

Anyone want to pull together an airline traveler version and submit it here? We promise we'll find some fabulous gifts for you! (and maybe even make you famous ;)

Here are a Couple of Videos to Lighten Things Up...

Your Aircomplane.com™ "Spite Crew" is pleased to announce its new Video section. Here we will showcase the best airline-related videos that we come across...within the bounds of good taste, of course. Feel free to post, submit, or email us any videos of your own!

*Note: Aircomplane.com™ respects the security regulations many airports have in place with respect to video-taping & photography. Please be aware of these before attempting to make your own footage, either on the plane or off, or you could find yourself facing some very angry airport security guards!*

Check out these two video-clips below: Is it just a matter of time? If you've seen something similar, from Youtube to Madison Avenue, or even in real life, then let Aircomplane.com™ know!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTsZ0Ds__aE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvKIfHTYC2E&NR