Word: overbooking
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Ralph Nader's "victory" [June 21] is not a victory for the rest of the flying public, who will eventually pay the $50,061 because the consumer always eventually pays for everything. The ruling does not go to the root of the problem. Airlines overbook because of no-shows, and no-shows occur because the practice is not penalized...
Captive Passengers. The airlines are invariably jampacked. Experienced travelers learn never to count on a reservation. Clerks regularly overbook, schedules are meaningless, and aircraft often inexplicably sit on the tarmac hours after departure time-not that that is so unusual in the U.S. these days. Once in the air, passengers can never be sure where they are going to land, especially in winter. The airlines fly regardless of the weather at their destination and frequently have to detour to other cities in order to land. One recent Bulgarian Balkan Airlines flight, destined for Vienna, set down in Budapest. The pilot...
...effect of realistic counseling is a reduction in multiple applications, which is all to the good. Yet ironically, competition is fiercer than ever. Because youngsters really want to attend the college they apply to, Ivy League campuses can no longer overbook freshmen classes, and may reject an even higher proportion of serious applicants. Colleges are not sure whether to fear or cheer the dropoff...
...whole, and the pace of the action-although intended-eventually gives the impression that the characters are wading about in a ubiquitous pool of glue. Hardened moviegoers will not find the latter objectionable. However, the even the more casual critic of foreign films will be able to overbook it in the face of a generally charming whole...
...Reverend Joseph Fort Newton, Minister of the Memorial Church of St. Paul, Overbook, Pa., will conduct the services in Appleton Chapel at 8.45 o'clock this morning...