American Airlines Customers Keep Complaining About Getting Trumped For Upgrades By Pilots [Roundup] – View from the Wing

News and notes from around the interweb:

• The inmates are running the asylum.
  

  We understand the importance of having your upgrade cleared, and we’re sorry. Under our pilot collective bargaining agreement, pilots deadheading to operate a flight will be added to the top of the upgrade list at their time of check-in.

  — americanair (@AmericanAir) January 12, 2025

• Seems right to me. When you break the laws of the universe, there are consequences.
• United’s onboard recognition game is next level.
  

  A HUGE “Thank You” to the Flight Crew from @united Crew 1445, who, completely unprompted and unbeknownst to me, surprised me, mid-flight, with a birthday card and a basket of snacks! ❤️✈️ pic.twitter.com/p4cDIa6uxB

  — Emily Simpson (@EmilynroryEmily) January 12, 2025

• Something new you might get arrested for at Hertz:
  

  @garyleff Sign at hertz GCM pic.twitter.com/hQsW11eoKd

  — That Guy (@EdwardDL702) January 13, 2025

• You paid a cleaning fee for this. At least when your coffee machine looks like this in a hotel room, lack of cleaning is included in the room rate.
  

  airbnb drip coffee machine
  byu/munkustrapp inMoldlyInteresting

• There’s hope for passengers on an airline’s banned list! (Story is anything but verified…)
  

  Which one of you posted this?
  byu/doryphorus indelta