The 9,950 surveyors who participated in Zagat's 2008 Airline Survey had plenty of gripes about air travel. Below are some of our favorite comments. (To see the results of the survey, click
here.)
The Rhett Butler of airlines: they just don't give a damn.
Used to be great, now just grating...
A Greyhound bus with wings.
You get what you pay for – in other words, you don't get it if you don't pay extra for it!
Eggs in a carton have more room.
The only thing older than the planes are the flight attendants.
Next they'll charge for using the air vents, seat belts and bathroom.
Did I get fatter or did their seats get smaller?
Too bad passengers can't chip in for a flight attendant friendliness upgrade.
Just another cattle car, but the cows usually get more respect.
Please bring change for your potato chips.
These are tough times and your ass pays the price.
The woman behind the counter told me to blame the Bush Administration.
Trying hard to encourage us to drive.
Like spending four hours in third class on the Titanic.
Gets you where you're going ... sometimes
Bathrooms smell like the lion house at the zoo on a hot day.
Domestic economy is a mobile prison only it lacks the food and the exercise yard.
The boarding agents must have learned public relations from Genghis Khan.
Flight attendants are creative in finding places to hide during the flight.
Oh, for the good old days when we had food to complain about.
Like the Flintstones, their planes are a page right out of history, and their service is bedrock.
Would rather flap my arms than book this airline.
They don't allow guns in the airport because passengers would shoot the desk clerks and be acquitted.
A cross-country flight is as comfortable as a colonoscopy.
Suffers from delusions of adequacy.