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Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Top Ten Ways Airlines Are Cutting Back
  
Pilots have to pay for their inflight cocktails.
Ticket agents urging travelers to stay home.
To maximize space, seats no longer recline a luxurious inch-and-a-half.
Oxygen mask compartments replaced with video poker screens.
Instead of complimentary pillows, wadded-up clothing pulled out of checked luggage.
Difference between first class and coach? A bite-size 3 Musketeers bar.
From now on, planes will taxi from one destination to another on the interstate.
I don't know, but how hard is it to open them peanuts, am I right people?
In case of water landing, your only flotation device is the fat guy in 16F.
Inflight "movie" is home video of the pilot "Gettin' It On".
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Smaller passengers will be asked to sit in the overhead compartment.

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Dinner entrees made from whatever the crew scraped off the runway.

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By the time the towel gets back to your row, it's not hot anymore.

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In-flight "Air Phone" only connects you to the passenger across the aisle.

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First class: recirculated air. Coach: jet exhaust fumes.

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