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Why is it that 99% of the 5-star Porter commenter pretty much can only talk about their free drinks and WiFi? Have we as a society become so entrenched with meaningless free "crap" that we overlook the bigger picture? Let me break it down for you all...
1) Barely safe planes: the interiors are falling apart with ripped seats, broken seat handles, loose seat belts, to name a few. http://www.aeroinside.com/incidents/airline/porter
2) Very green pilots, although this is a judging the book by its cover obervation but I think someone looking not much over 25 should not be allowed to fly a SMALL plane that's already hard to handle landing on a SMALLER strip of land surrounded by water...would you trust your life to a greenhorn??
3) Horrible customer service at the counter (see Matthew H's experience below) and on my last trip to EWR, a desk clerk (probably the same flamboyant one that Matthew encountered) was red to the face yelling at a meek gentlemen that the airline can't do anything about delayed flights so go sit down or he'll call security...that's the Porter experience.
4) I don't know what plane Geoff S have been flying in (or if that's just a Porter pilot speaking up for the crapline, I mean how would Geoff know what AC flights are like lately if he flies weekly on Porter????). I had 2 issues with 2 flights within a month, with the most recent one being cancelled after waiting 6 hrs and then having Porter tries to reschedule me 4 days later to fly out...really???
5) The planes are so bloody loud in flight that you'll need more than the 1 cheap drink they give you to sedate yourself to some form of peace. Because it is a small plane, it is effected by the slightest turbulance. Speaking of drinks, if you like the cat piss they call Steam Whistle, then enjoy.
6) Good luck taking the ferry back when there is waves in the water because they will NOT drop you off at the terminal, instead it will dock on the side of the marina exposing you to the element.
Now if you would like to trade your life and time for free drinks, WiFi and 'glass cups' on the plane (can't believe some idiot below actually said that), then knock yourself out. It's just a matter of time before one of their planes go down due to mechanical issues.
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