Guitarist's Revenge / United breaks guitars

Subject: RE: United breaks guitars (YouTube)
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 08 Jul 09 - 09:05 AM

The rest of the srory:
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Subject: RE: United breaks guitars (YouTube)
From: kendall
Date: 08 Jul 09 - 09:03 AM

It was Republic that broke Tom's guitar.

I wouldn't fly United ever again. In London they booked us on a connecting flight that didn't exist. I complained, they said I woul;d get a voucher but when I tried they said I had to do it on line and I was screwed out of the price.

UPS broke my guitar. Apparently these companies only hire those who went to Ape school.

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Thank You, Republic Airlines

Subject: RE: United breaks guitars (YouTube)
From: Leadfingers
Date: 08 Jul 09 - 07:07 AM

Tom Paxton wrote one too - A WHILE back , cant remmber the Airline but I think they no longer trade !

Subject: RE: United breaks guitars (YouTube)
From: Peace
Date: 07 Jul 09 - 11:00 PM

IMO, a musical instrument the size of a guitar--no bigger actually than some folks' luggage, should be hand-carried to where it's gonna be kept in the plane. I'd gladly pay someone $20 to do that. Buying another seat is simply outta the question. Tell ya, if trains were cheaper--the price of airline tickets, I'd gladly travel that way.

Subject: RE: United breaks guitars (YouTube)
From: Midchuck
Date: 07 Jul 09 - 10:53 PM

keep in mind that baggage is handled by companies that pay their workers minimum wage.

Yes, I agree that that's part of the problem, but what choice do the companies have? The managers would go to jail if they paid the luggage handlers what they're worth.

Peter

Subject: RE: United breaks guitars (YouTube)
From: Peace
Date: 07 Jul 09 - 07:53 PM

I had a Martin D-28 in a hard shell case (the kind ya can sit on and not worry about busting the guitar). A Canadian airline managed to snap the head of the guitar. Airlines do NOT give a shit about musicians' instruments. Of course, keep in mind that baggage is handled by companies that pay their workers minimum wage. Therein is part of the problem--at least in Canada.

Subject: United breaks guitars (YouTube)
From: BanjoRay
Date: 07 Jul 09 - 07:18 PM

For all the people who've ever had an instrument wrecked by an airline, check out this excellent video by the Sons Of Maxwell (no, I'd never heard of them either!). If enough people visit this maybe the airlines'll start to take notice....

Cheers
Ray