NOTE: This entry was written on Wednesday morning, but since I wasn't given easy access to Wi-Fi at Sea-Tac, I could not post it until now.
I scored high search engine ranking for my post on JetBlue. Let's see how I do for an inferior airline, Alaska Airlines. Sure, they suck – but they suck even more this morning. Due to maintanence issues, our flight out of Seattle to San Jose was intitially pushed back by thirty minutes. Then, with us standing at the end of the line, just getting ready to board, after 95% of the other passengers had been seated… they announced the need to de-plane and switch jets. Inconvenient? Quite. Had they given me free Wi-Fi (like JetBlue does), I wouldn't be complaining as loudly as I am. As it stands, I'm going to be late for a very important afternoon engagement – and I can only hope to be en route before my scheduled evening activities begin. Traveling for personal reasons is one thing, but when you're going for business – you rely on these airlines to hold up their end of the bargain. It's not weather related, it's Alaska Airlines related. It's not Sea-Tac's fault, it's Alaska Airlines' fault. It wasn't my problem, but it's quickly becoming my problem.