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NWA Passengers Hungry, Now Bored

submitted by rachael

Jun 1 2005 — 2:00am

In another cost-saving measure Northwest Airlines announced that in addition to nixing the pretzels, it will also discontinue magazine service, saving $565,000 (or the cost of one pilot?). This doesn’t sit well with one flyer who stated, “Give me a break, this is ridiculous. I guess I’ll just bring my own magazines.” What’s next: taking away seats? Passengers: get into the surfboard position, we are about to encounter some turbulence…

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6 Reader Comments

bietz Jun 1 2005
11:36 am

given that magazines are almost completely paid for by ad revenue, and given that airplane passengers are quite a captive audience, isn’t the mistake on the part of the magazine companies to lose all those eyeballs?

Then again, the seats are so small now, it is nearly impossible to actually lay a magazine on your lap and (GASP) turn the pages without having to come into close contact with the person sitting next to you… try reading ESPN The Magazine on a flight… impossible! I’m always stuck with a Reader’s Digest :(

Chris Jun 1 2005
12:12 pm

I’m looking forward to the days when we all simply pack recklessly into a big metal death tube, with the only thing to hold onto being loops of twine coming from the floor. Thank God the Powers That Be are aggressively dismantling the remnants of rail infrastructure.

john Jun 1 2005
6:11 pm

i flew sun country for the first time this past weekend and was quite impressed with the service. downside: no worldperks and humphrey terminal!

fkaJames Jun 1 2005
7:12 pm

I’m all for getting rid of the mags, food, and extraneous crap on airplanes. [Rant] I don’t ask the MTC to feed or entertain me on my bus ride or on the LRT, and god knows I didn’t expect anything like that on the subway or LIRR when I lived in New York. An airplane is transportation, not entertainment or meals on wheels. Get rid of that crap, quit dicking around with airfares and charge me the least amount necessary to get me to my destination. I’ll bring my own damn iPod, laptop, snacks and whatever else I need to pass the time from boarding to deplaning. I do already, anyway — why would anyone willingly subject themselves to airline food, even if it is “free?” Word to all y’all: there are these fabulous inventions called bagged snacks and paperback books that might assist you in managing to feed and entertain yourself for the 2.75 hours it takes to get to friggin’ Disneyland. [/rant] There, that wasn’t so bad, now, was it?

Anonymous Jun 2 2005
4:37 pm

Yeah, there is better food to had than bags of stale pretzels.