Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good job!

[Ole Jacobsen <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Randall Gellens wrote:

> At 8:32 AM -0700 8/8/11, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
> 
> Of course.  No one could expect the IAOC to optimize for everything or
> everyone.
> 
> But, two points:
> 
> - In general, locations with greater air service diversity will be better for
> more people than those without.

And Kansai has plenty of service diversity last I checked, even if it 
may not be as great as Narita. The recommended option was to use 
Kansai, but it was certainly possible to take the train from Tokyo 
too (and those details were carefully outlined). The whole point here 
is that FLYING from Narita to Hiroshima is sub-optimal in many ways,
yet a bunch of people chose to do so.

> 
> - It's not fair to say "Anyone who found it problematic or inconvenient to get
> to x was just too lazy or stupid to follow the advice/instructions."
> (Especially when the advice dictates which airline to choose.)

I hope I didn't say that, but I dealt with plenty of people who had 
strong travel preferences that made things more painful. I am 
certainly NOT talking about choice of airline here, I wouldn't give
up an upgrade either in your situation.

Ole

> 
> -- 
> Randall Gellens