Will U.S. airlines hit Cuban tarmac thanks to Obama?
By Patrick Smith Jul. 25, 2008 | Air travel pet peeve No. 2,652: Passengers who, after returning from the lavatory, plop violently into their seats with no regard for the cup of coffee or soft drink balanced precariously on your tray. Air travel pet peeve No. 2,653: If it’s not the seat ploppers, it’s the tray slammers. I’ll never forget nor forgive the sullen teenage girl sitting directly behind me one evening en route from Paris to Delhi, whose method of retracting her table was to slam it as violently as possible into my seat back, when all it needed was a gentle push. SLAM SLAM SLAM, over and over again for eight hours. These are two more reasons why armrest-mounted tray tables are better than the seat-back-mounted kind. Not only are they closer to your body, reducing hunch-over as you try to work or eat, but you are protected from the bad habits of fellow travelers. Just how low can an airline stoop in order to generate revenue? Well, Spirit Airlines, the low-cost carrier based in
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