Wundrun

Everyone I've ever asked about Aer Lingus has had an awful story to tell.
This really surprised me. I'm planning a trip to Ireland and was thinking
of taking Aer Lingus from New York but now I'm rethinking that. Too many
stories about terrible service on board, terrible service at the airport,
terrible food, rude flight attendants (this really surprised me!). It's a
bit shocking, I always thought the Irish were friendly. Or at last that's
their reputation, since I've never been there. Is Aer Lingus that bad? I'd
be interested to hear people's opinions here. Oh, and what does "Lingus"
mean?

Féachadóir

Scríobh "wundrun" <[email protected]>:
    >Everyone I've ever asked about Aer Lingus has had an awful story to tell.
    >This really surprised me. I'm planning a trip to Ireland and was thinking
    >of taking Aer Lingus from New York but now I'm rethinking that. Too many
    >stories about terrible service on board, terrible service at the airport,
    >terrible food, rude flight attendants (this really surprised me!). It's a
    >bit shocking, I always thought the Irish were friendly. Or at last that's
    >their reputation, since I've never been there.

I've never had a problem with them FWIW. They've even gone above and
beyond the call to help me on occasion...

    > Is Aer Lingus that bad? I'd
    >be interested to hear people's opinions here. Oh, and what does "Lingus"
    >mean?

Fleet.

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"Ná sáruigther Seinglenn
aitreb na lec nime"
© Féachadóir

Phred Bear

"wundrun" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1WvPd.123$d%[email protected]...
    > Everyone I've ever asked about Aer Lingus has had an awful story to tell.
    > This really surprised me. I'm planning a trip to Ireland and was thinking
    > of taking Aer Lingus from New York but now I'm rethinking that. Too many
    > stories about terrible service on board, terrible service at the airport,
    > terrible food, rude flight attendants (this really surprised me!). It's a
    > bit shocking, I always thought the Irish were friendly. Or at last that's
    > their reputation, since I've never been there. Is Aer Lingus that bad?
    > I'd be interested to hear people's opinions here. Oh, and what does
    > "Lingus" mean?

The name, Aer Lingus is an anglicisation of the Irish form Aer Loingeas
which means Air Fleet.

If you don't like any of the above, I'd give Alitalia a miss as well if I
were you.

Food isn't that bad but the cabin staff, in my experience, are there for
their own benefit, not yours. They have been through a bad patch, nearly
going broke, and more strikes are in the offing.

Padraig Breathnach

Féachadóir <Féach@d.óir> wrote:

    >Scríobh "wundrun" <[email protected]>:
    >>Everyone I've ever asked about Aer Lingus has had an awful story to tell.
    >>This really surprised me. I'm planning a trip to Ireland and was thinking
    >>of taking Aer Lingus from New York but now I'm rethinking that. Too many
    >>stories about terrible service on board, terrible service at the airport,
    >>terrible food, rude flight attendants (this really surprised me!). It's a
    >>bit shocking, I always thought the Irish were friendly. Or at last that's
    >>their reputation, since I've never been there.
    >I've never had a problem with them FWIW. They've even gone above and
    >beyond the call to help me on occasion...
It's my first-choice airline. It's generally very good.

    >> Is Aer Lingus that bad? I'd
    >>be interested to hear people's opinions here. Oh, and what does "Lingus"
    >>mean?
    >Fleet.

More like "Flete" -- we have a national airline with a Gaelic name
which is misspelled. It should be Aer Loingeas.

--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED

Jupiter

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:21:59 -0500, "wundrun" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Everyone I've ever asked about Aer Lingus has had an awful story to tell.
    >This really surprised me. I'm planning a trip to Ireland and was thinking
    >of taking Aer Lingus from New York but now I'm rethinking that. Too many
    >stories about terrible service on board, terrible service at the airport,
    >terrible food, rude flight attendants (this really surprised me!). It's a
    >bit shocking, I always thought the Irish were friendly. Or at last that's
    >their reputation, since I've never been there. Is Aer Lingus that bad? I'd
    >be interested to hear people's opinions here. Oh, and what does "Lingus"
    >mean?

Otherwise known as 'Air Fungus' - a nasty parasitical excrescence on
the healthy body of air travel .....

Alan S

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:21:59 -0500, "wundrun" <[email protected]> wrote:

    |Everyone I've ever asked about Aer Lingus has had an awful story to tell.
    |This really surprised me. I'm planning a trip to Ireland and was thinking
    |of taking Aer Lingus from New York but now I'm rethinking that. Too many
    |stories about terrible service on board, terrible service at the airport,
    |terrible food, rude flight attendants (this really surprised me!). It's a
    |bit shocking, I always thought the Irish were friendly. Or at last that's
    |their reputation, since I've never been there. Is Aer Lingus that bad? I'd
    |be interested to hear people's opinions here. Oh, and what does "Lingus"
    |mean?
    |

Apart from having great difficulty finding the boarding lounge at CDG,
they were no better or worse than the majority of other airlines we
used. We only had two short hops with them - CDG-DUB and DUB-EDN so
they hardly had time to do much wrong.

Apparently they have some sort of problem with the airport authorities
at CDG and can't put up the appropriate direction signs, or at least
in '03 that was the case.


Cheers, Alan

Jack Campin - bogus address

    > Everyone I've ever asked about Aer Lingus has had an awful story to tell.
    > This really surprised me. I'm planning a trip to Ireland and was thinking
    > of taking Aer Lingus from New York but now I'm rethinking that. Too many
    > stories about terrible service on board, terrible service at the airport,
    > terrible food, rude flight attendants (this really surprised me!).

My experience has all been good. Helpful staff and the one time I hit
a serious delay they provided vouchers for a good meal at the airport
while we were waiting.

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Joseph Meehan

wundrun wrote:
    > Everyone I've ever asked about Aer Lingus has had an awful story to
    > tell. This really surprised me. I'm planning a trip to Ireland and
    > was thinking of taking Aer Lingus from New York but now I'm
    > rethinking that. Too many stories about terrible service on board,
    > terrible service at the airport, terrible food, rude flight
    > attendants (this really surprised me!). It's a bit shocking, I
    > always thought the Irish were friendly. Or at last that's their
    > reputation, since I've never been there. Is Aer Lingus that bad? I'd be
    > interested to hear people's opinions here. Oh, and what does
    > "Lingus" mean?

They are still my airline of choice. They have been in the news
recently with budget cuts and other issues. For example you will no longer
see the check in staff in those nice dress jackets, they are now more
casual.

I suspect not all the changes have been really nice to the employees,
but so far I have not seen any reduction in the fine service I have
received.

Maybe those people you have heard from have only noticed a reduction in
quality from some years ago when there was more money to spend on it and
more room between the seats, of course all the other airlines suffered the
same issue only their starting point was lower to start with.

--
Joseph Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

Israel T

"wundrun" <[email protected]> writes:

    >Is Aer Lingus that bad?

Yes.
My theory is that since they are a marginal airline, they get
the worst staff of the eligible pool.

    > I'd
    > be interested to hear people's opinions here. Oh, and what does "Lingus"

Latin : Tongue
Sanskrit : phallus

So they are either sticking their tongue or waving their phallus at you.

Israel T

"Phred Bear" <[email protected]> writes:

    > The name, Aer Lingus is an anglicisation of the Irish form Aer Loingeas
    > which means Air Fleet.

Doesnt change the fact that it is misspelled Gaelic.

And in English it would mean "air tongue".
Unless you are a devotee of the Shiva Linga , in which case.....

Féachadóir

Scríobh Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]>:
    >Féachadóir <Féach@d.óir> wrote:
    >>Scríobh "wundrun" <[email protected]>:
    >>>Everyone I've ever asked about Aer Lingus has had an awful story to tell.
    >>>This really surprised me. I'm planning a trip to Ireland and was thinking
    >>>of taking Aer Lingus from New York but now I'm rethinking that. Too many
    >>>stories about terrible service on board, terrible service at the airport,
    >>>terrible food, rude flight attendants (this really surprised me!). It's a
    >>>bit shocking, I always thought the Irish were friendly. Or at last that's
    >>>their reputation, since I've never been there.
    >>I've never had a problem with them FWIW. They've even gone above and
    >>beyond the call to help me on occasion...
    >It's my first-choice airline. It's generally very good.
    >>> Is Aer Lingus that bad? I'd
    >>>be interested to hear people's opinions here. Oh, and what does "Lingus"
    >>>mean?
    >>Fleet.
    >More like "Flete" -- we have a national airline with a Gaelic name
    >which is misspelled. It should be Aer Loingeas.

It's not misspelled, its anglicised, just as words like Dublin, Cork,
Limerick and Galway are...

--
"Ná sáruigther Seinglenn
aitreb na lec nime"
© Féachadóir

Israel T

Féachadóir <Féach@d.óir> writes:

    >>More like "Flete" -- we have a national airline with a Gaelic name
    >>which is misspelled. It should be Aer Loingeas.
    > It's not misspelled, its anglicised, just as words like Dublin, Cork,
    > Limerick and Galway are...


How pathetic.

Around the world, people are deanglicising names
Bombay became Mumbai, Calcutta became Kolkatta and
Madras became Chennai.


Sounds like a lack of pride in ones gaelic identity.

Féachadóir

Scríobh israel t <[email protected]>:
    >Féachadóir <Féach@d.óir> writes:
    >>>More like "Flete" -- we have a national airline with a Gaelic name
    >>>which is misspelled. It should be Aer Loingeas.
    >> It's not misspelled, its anglicised, just as words like Dublin, Cork,
    >> Limerick and Galway are...
    >How pathetic.
    >Around the world, people are deanglicising names
    >Bombay became Mumbai, Calcutta became Kolkatta and
    >Madras became Chennai.
    >Sounds like a lack of pride in ones gaelic identity.

We're bilingual. In Irish we spell in Irish, in English we spell in
English. Forgive us for not being so hung up about it that we feel the
need to erase the thought that someone in Ireland might speak English

--
"Ná sáruigther Seinglenn
aitreb na lec nime"
© Féachadóir

Bernard Connor

Féachadóir wrote:
    > Scríobh israel t <[email protected]>:
    > >Féachadóir <Féach@d.óir> writes:
    > >
    > >>>More like "Flete" -- we have a national airline with a Gaelic name
    > >>>which is misspelled. It should be Aer Loingeas.
    > >>
    > >> It's not misspelled, its anglicised, just as words like Dublin,
Cork,
    > >> Limerick and Galway are...
    > >
    > >
    > >How pathetic.
    > >
    > >Around the world, people are deanglicising names
    > >Bombay became Mumbai, Calcutta became Kolkatta and
    > >Madras became Chennai.
    > >
    > >
    > >Sounds like a lack of pride in ones gaelic identity.
    > We're bilingual. In Irish we spell in Irish, in English we spell in
    > English. Forgive us for not being so hung up about it that we feel
the
    > need to erase the thought that someone in Ireland might speak English
    > --
    > "Ná sáruigther Seinglenn
    > aitreb na lec nime"
    > © Féachadóir

My problem with Aer Lingus is that one or other union is perpetually
treatening strikes. They don't often actually go out, but the treat is
enough to make me and I am sure many other travellers book alternatives
wherever possible.

Bernard Connor

Miguel Cruz

israel t <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Féachadóir <Féach@d.óir> writes:
    >> It's not misspelled, its anglicised, just as words like Dublin, Cork,
    >> Limerick and Galway are...
    > How pathetic.
    > Around the world, people are deanglicising names Bombay became Mumbai,
    > Calcutta became Kolkatta and Madras became Chennai.

That's not "around the world", that's India. And everyone I've talked to in
India about it thinks it's idiotic.

miguel
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