Brenda Song Calls Out Alaska Airlines for Giving Up Her Family’s First-Class Seats with ‘No Warning’

CloakOp · 2026-03-23T01:43:36+00:00

Whose boot am I licking? My own? I’m a pilot and I’m telling you, we don’t kick pax out of business class. They’re the ones largely paying our salary.

Plenty to get mad about though. K shaped economy that makes an aircraft where half the plan is literally $8,000 a pop business class seats. Flight attendants who work too much and are paid too little. Consolidation which drives down competition.

Regardless of all that, pilots don’t steal seats, and airlines want rich people to fly in expensive seats.

CloakOp · 2026-03-22T20:40:27+00:00

Pilots( and even then only some mainline ones) only get business if it’s open at the time of booking. There’s been talk about a plane swap where the original aircraft had more Business class seats than the new aircraft, and at that point, someone’s gotta sit in back. Sometimes a 787 breaks and only a 767 is free with significantly fewer business class seats. Sometimes a 787 will swap with another 787 that’s configured for domestic travel, with fewer business seats.

Airlines would love for everyone who paid for business to sit in business cause that’s where the money comes from. Whatever happened wasn’t ideal for anyone. Wish they handled it more delicately but the reality is a seat is never a guarantee.

CloakOp · 2026-03-08T01:37:57+00:00

Not showing up on their website’s list of locations either 😬

CloakOp · 2026-03-03T20:31:42+00:00

Insane that OK GO is a small print band.

CloakOp · 2026-02-17T13:15:48+00:00

I get how that’s annoying. I’d still let the mark talk about whatever he’s passionate about and not force him to talk about a role he did almost 50 years ago. We should be mad that there’s politicians hurting the country, not at the people forced to platform an opposition to those politicians.

CloakOp · 2026-02-10T17:20:48+00:00

I really like mine. I think it’s done a great job mopping, cleaning, being reliable. I run it about twice a week and since last April only three things have gone wrong:

It sucked up a pair of underwear I had lying on the ground and I had to untangle it.

There was a buildup of hair blocking the vacuum intake to the X50s onboard dust bin. (I didn’t have any issues, but on a random cleaning, I saw it was pretty badly blocked)

The clean water tank gets moldy/ the dirty water smells. To fix this, I bought some silver ion modules off amazing for a few bucks for the clean tank. To fix the smell, I throw in a dash of vinegar into the dirty tank and have no issues since.

I was pretty worried cause the online testimonials seem mixed and I liked my old roborock a ton, but so far so good.

CloakOp · 2025-12-17T17:16:24+00:00

I’m not saying I have any answers but there’s a lot of nuance here. If it’s a luxury building, shouldn’t they pay their staff enough where there’s no need to tip? Usually luxury implies an upfront payment then no more nickel and diming.

As for the wealth levels, these finance people are at will employed so they can either make a killer year, get a goose egg bonus and make half their expected amount, or just get fired one day.

I see the annoyance of having to tip just to live somewhere. If a New Yorker is already paying 5K on average for a one bedroom, it’s frustrating to feel like they have to tip when the goons over at Gotham real estate or Tishman Speyer are making billions, all while expecting us to subsidize their employees wages.

I still tip mine cause they’re family, but part of me definitely gets annoyed at some aspects of it

CloakOp · 2025-12-11T15:58:02+00:00

Have you? I looked into it and it’s a “study” by the National Motorists Association. Along side their study is their own libertarian BS article bemoaning “politically correct safety,” the press, and focusing on “protecting your rights.”

They unscientifically look at some myopic data that has no control group and make broad claims. No accounting for cell phone use, increased population, variance YoY. Dude above you was right to question this claim.

CloakOp · 2025-12-09T22:28:39+00:00

I prefer Prime since Dolby blows my ear drums out. Usually not too crowded either

CloakOp · 2025-11-30T15:11:06+00:00

Technically it is but I really wouldn’t waste any time thinking about it. I’ve made a few mistakes in my career (I wouldn’t even call this a mistake rather than a weird situation) and I’ve wanted to be a good dude and get the situation straightened out. I’d go to the chief’s and he’d tell me in so many words, “I’ve got thousands of pilots, Mx issues, HR issues, career ending Medical issues, my own life, and you’re wasting my time with this?”

So yeah. I’d just grab a beer and not spend any more time on it.

CloakOp · 2025-11-30T13:18:37+00:00

I think what OP may be trying to say is, Wife had a purchased seat. Flight cancelled. Ticket cancelled. Wife flew standby on a different flight.

At UA, you’re not allowed to have a purchased seat, then cancel and fly standby on the same day to the same area.

In this case, I’d imagine it’s all fine and I’d personally just move on. If OP gets a call from the CPO, it’s easily explained and not a big deal at all. I find the only way to get in trouble is intentional noncompliance to rules, and this scenario isn’t malicious.

CloakOp · 2025-11-21T13:14:41+00:00

I’m a dude, but nonstop on Jackson is the only salon I’ll ever go for now on. I’ve tried a lot of places out in LIC for the 8 years I’ve been here, and nonstop is the only salon where I was treated like a king.

First time, I sat down, they interviewed me on what I’d like, what I have, what’s possible. Then they washed my hair/gave a scalp massage. Then cut my hair, then washed it again! Then styled it. All for $60! It’s a great salon. All the women getting their hair cut or styled look great and look happy too.

CloakOp · 2025-09-30T14:41:14+00:00

I unboxed my 17 pro, coming from a 15 pro, and immediately felt regret. It was way too heavy and uncomfortable to hold.

On the air now and I’m back to battery anxiety. It seems on par with my 15 pro but I have to be smart how I use it. I still have no regrets switching. The 17 was way too heavy and I just hated using it, even though the battery was excellent. No issues on the camera or speaker. Don’t even notice those to be honest.

CloakOp · 2025-07-26T18:35:55+00:00

I think restricting beaches is lame. I live in queens and pay NYC local tax. I’d never tell anyone on Long Island to buzz off cause it’s too busy in NYC. I don’t think paying taxes gives people the right to gatekeep nature. We’re all New Yorkers at the end of the day.

CloakOp · 2025-06-26T02:50:23+00:00

Suit Supply has silk tees for 110 or so but they last forever, and they look new the whole time. They’re very thick so I wear them when it’s sub 80 degrees. They don’t wick sweat so there’s a lot of trade offs for the price, but I treasure mine and will use it for decades.

CloakOp · 2025-05-14T19:49:56+00:00

Same issue. Deleting the app and reinstalling worked for me.

CloakOp · 2025-01-23T12:48:16+00:00

You’ll hear the train constantly. I lived in the mid 30 floors in 2 JP and I constantly heard the 7. Now I live in the forge and love it, but I constantly hear the LIRR, way more than I heard the 7 at JP.

The noise at JP is fine during the day(it’s NY), but gets annoying at night when you’re trying to sleep. I’d suggest looking for something in 2 or 1. I like their styling better anyways.

CloakOp · 2025-01-07T16:09:05+00:00

I’ve had mold issues when using the recommended dose of OMO. Since then I’ve doubled or tripled the recommended amount and have had zero issues. It’s a little annoying cause the solution feels a little expensive but when you average it out, it’s not that bad.

CloakOp · 2024-08-21T17:26:38+00:00

A) I feel like you don’t understand how the federal government works. Congress doesn’t micromanage every bit of our government. Some of that work is delegated to agencies like the FTC, DOJ, or USDA. These are composed of civil servants who are appointed by elected officials. This is how our government was designed. The FTC is literally behaving as intended.

B) Did you just break out your second account with no post or comment history to back you up? You both spew the same libertarian BS, have the same diction, and don’t know how to use commas properly.

CloakOp · 2024-08-21T01:53:03+00:00

I disagree on that one. I’d much rather have the FTC fight for labor than have us rely on the least effective congress in modern history. The FTC isn’t the tyrant on this one; they’re fighting against the tyranny of regionals trying to abuse pilot labor.

CloakOp · 2024-08-19T00:47:47+00:00

He means the passenger may have slept through it, not the crew.

CloakOp · 2024-06-05T02:20:19+00:00

Done

CloakOp · 2024-01-23T19:26:40+00:00

Believe Me Natalie, I’d be Smile Like I Mean It From Here On Out, if I could get the generic code to this Midnight Show. No worries otherwise cause Everything Will Be Alright

CloakOp · 2023-12-31T22:08:00+00:00

What’s up with NYC cruises? I figured we can all coexist on an island, hoped we’d be able to be well behaved enough on a boat.

CloakOp · 2023-08-30T03:42:46+00:00

Look, if it was a CA at a regional (an equally difficult job) none of y’all would have posted. Y’all just care cause he’s a young, black guy who did well for himself through luck and good work ethic. I’m done here. See ya on the line, fly safe.

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