While not that explicit, that's exactly what Virgin America is doing. For me it is an easy trade off. When faced recently with a 3 day jaunt out East, my pact

While not that explicit, that's exactly what Virgin America is doing. For me it is an easy trade off. When faced recently with a 3 day jaunt out East, my pact with myself was to fly Virgin, or not to fly at all. It's the difference between an acceptable experience and a high chance of a very unacceptable one. Seriously - I have no idea why there hasn't been a mass rejection of the flying experiences in the USA. Some folks like chasing Air points or status, but ask first - do you really want to spend even more time getting lousy service on a lousy airline? I'm lucky enough to be based in New Zealand, and these days our flag carrier is simply great. Their Hobbit safety video just came out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBlRbrB_Gnc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBlRbrB_Gnc