come fly the ominous skies...

This week, the airline industry seems to have taken a nose-dive. First, there’s the whistle blowing going on over at Southwest. An FAA safety official is claiming that he was told to ignore the fact that several Southwest planes were deemed unsafe to fly and allow the airline to continue using them. WHAT??!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS from the airline that asked that hoochie from San Diego to get off the plane because she was dressed like a Pussycat Doll? Are you fucking kidding me you piece of shit airline? You had me fooled with your unflattering Bermuda shorts, polo shirts and shitty in-flight snacks but I’m onto you now, jackhole. It doesn’t matter if the Corporation is wearing a suit or a speedo- it wants all your money and doesn’t really care how it gets it.

In addition to Southwest airlines and its jumbo steel coffins, 3 other airlines closed down altogether this week: ATA, Skybus (people don’t even ride regular buses, dude) and Aloha (which fittingly means ‘hello’ AND ‘goodbye’ in Hawaiian). The airline industry has been in a virtual freefall since 9/11. Jobs have been lost, pensions have been cut, airlines are going down faster than a white chick on an NBA player and there’s no sign of it stopping anytime soon. With rising fuel prices, the never-ending war on terror and the financial vacuum that Iraq has been turned into, things look to get worse before they get better and that’s even IF there isn’t another terrorist attack.

My mother’s a travel agent. My father’s a pilot. I’ve always hated flying.  Mom, dad- I'm right again, turns out.