Emily and I flew down and back to Orlando this weekend; our return flight suffered a particularly sarcastic flight attendant.

Heard before takeoff, during boarding: "Whoops, one of our wheels just fell off. Oh wait, this isn't a Jet Blue plane..."

Heard right after landing: "How 'bout that dry landing in New York?"

For me, AirTran always has been and always will be an airline of convenience only. When I was a customer service agent for US Airways in Minneapolis, the AirTran guys were idiots who were always trying to get reciprocal non revenue passes from us. And they were mean. See, all the carriers in the United States get along really well on the customer level. There are serious reciprocal agreements designed to protect airline passengers from delays and missed connections (on full flights, this does no good of course). To my knowledge, only AirTran, JetBlue, and Southwest don't participate in this agreement, but only AirTran is nasty about it. I didn't much like it when AirTran tried to take over Midwest in a hostile manner either. I'm certain they would've done away with the hot cookies--the best perk any airline offers. I suspect that this meanness is widespread.

A lot of the customers laughed, but we didn't. Sorry AirTran, you'll always be an airline of convenience to me. You got us from New York to Orlando and back; we hated every second of it, but we're home safe, so I guess you earned your money. Jerks.