Ground-Level Mile High Club (or) FU American Airlines!
Here's one for everyone who is SICK of these airlines squeezing money wherever they can from their customers - ESPECIALLY after the always irritating, borderline humiliating, 99.9% needless/pointless "security" measures we go through on every flight from these jackasses who probably aren't even qualified to cook fries at McDonald's. We were flying back to Chicago from a show in Tuscon last Sunday, where I had repacked my stuff TWICE outside the skycap station to avoid paying $100 for an "overweight" suitcase. And WTF - you can't pay cash with that anymore OR use cash to buy booze & food onboard?!?!?
While boarding, we witnessed some American Airlines manager bullying some girl about having to check (i.e., pay $25) for some thin, lightweight tube because it was her 3rd carry-on piece. Our singer Rich Perez (left) also had 3 pieces: guitar, laptop bag and backpack.
Luckily, her dispute served as a nice diversion, and Rich made it on the plane no problem but... weather was bad in Chicago, they delayed the flight, and they made everyone deplane with all their stuff.
After a couple of hours, we got the green light board again, but we weren't feeling so fortunate about a handy diversion this time, so... we put a denim shirt over Rich's backpack. DISCLOSURE. Half the reason we did it was just to get a laugh at his expense, but there was a legitimate reason, too.
WE ALMOST GAVE OURSELVES AWAY by laughing so hard, and getting some looks; and the plane boarding clone did give Rich a funny look, but... it did indeed work. The only thing we might have done differently: Put the backpack on the front, making Rich look like he had a HUGE beer belly. BOO-YAH!!!!
Labels: american airlines, rich perez, tuscon to chicago
