Delta Airlines bribed doctor $74,000 to declare pilot mentally ill for reporting safety problems.

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44. Ryan Air!!!! No wonder. NOW it all makes sense

Whereas the outsourcing by Lufthansa and its Eurowings cheapo alter ego is done to airlines like Air Baltic and Air Malta, both companies have performed 100% adequately when I have taken them. Since October/November is my busiest time of the year (today is my first day at home in Germany in two weeks), that means a lot. I took five flights between Düsseldorf and Zürich just this past week.

There are two companies here in Europe known for their super-cheap fares, but piss-poor service. One is called "Easy Jet." They were horrible. The other is Ryan Air. They are also super-cheap, but their service is based on "look, you paid shit, and that is the service you're getting." I had no idea Delta even contracted flights out to them. Since they are based in Ireland, they are EU, and thus can fly between EU destinations. They take up a lot of the slack to smaller airports that aren't served regularly by the bigger airlines. For a small country's airline, KLM flies to a lot of oddball places, too, but they are usually quite professional.

When we fly, we find out who is really doing the flying, because if you book a flight with Air France or Delta, and it turns out the actual flight itself is being carried out by Air Albania or Air Alabama, or some other third world airline, you're better off taking an earlier flight and suffering a longer layover.