sacker12 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 http://backporch.fanhouse.com/2009/02/13/s...er-airline-tix/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 http://backporch.fanhouse.com/2009/02/13/s...er-airline-tix/I don't blame her, sounds as if she wasn't treated fairly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starchild Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Oh boo-hoo. She wants to sit first class, so she decides to pack it in and quit.Is it wrong that she's sitting coach and the others are in first class? Probably. But honestly, who cares? Is sitting coach THAT big of a difference? Is it SO inferior to her colleague's positions at the front of the plane that it's worth making a stink over and leaving your otherwise great job? Come on now. She wasn't sitting in a crate with chickens or sitting in an overhead compartment with luggage. If plane seating arrangements were enough to send her over the edge, then she gets zero sympathy from me. Be happy you have a job at ESPN and that they pay for your travel at all. You're on a plane, for free, doing a job you presumably love to do for the biggest name in sports news.I'm tired of every damn perceived inequality being overblown. "The true New Yorker secretly believes that anyone living anywhere else has got to be, in some sense, kidding." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Oh boo-hoo. She wants to sit first class, so she decides to pack it in and quit.Is it wrong that she's sitting coach and the others are in first class? Probably. But honestly, who cares? Is sitting coach THAT big of a difference? Is it SO inferior to her colleague's positions at the front of the plane that it's worth making a stink over and leaving your otherwise great job? Come on now. She wasn't sitting in a crate with chickens or sitting in an overhead compartment with luggage. If plane seating arrangements were enough to send her over the edge, then she gets zero sympathy from me. Be happy you have a job at ESPN and that they pay for your travel at all. You're on a plane, for free, doing a job you presumably love to do for the biggest name in sports news.I'm tired of every damn perceived inequality being overblown.Having done both the last time I traveled I can say yes there is THAT big a difference. It's one thing to fly coach occasionally for leisure travel. If you're traveling constantly for business the difference is huge. You try being crammed in with every rookie, whiner, and idiot on the plane every few days and then ask if it's THAT big a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Oh boo-hoo. She wants to sit first class, so she decides to pack it in and quit.Is it wrong that she's sitting coach and the others are in first class? Probably. But honestly, who cares? Is sitting coach THAT big of a difference? Is it SO inferior to her colleague's positions at the front of the plane that it's worth making a stink over and leaving your otherwise great job? Come on now. She wasn't sitting in a crate with chickens or sitting in an overhead compartment with luggage. If plane seating arrangements were enough to send her over the edge, then she gets zero sympathy from me. Be happy you have a job at ESPN and that they pay for your travel at all. You're on a plane, for free, doing a job you presumably love to do for the biggest name in sports news.I'm tired of every damn perceived inequality being overblown.Having done both the last time I traveled I can say yes there is THAT big a difference. It's one thing to fly coach occasionally for leisure travel. If you're traveling constantly for business the difference is huge. You try being crammed in with every rookie, whiner, and idiot on the plane every few days and then ask if it's THAT big a difference.You don't even need to fly constantly to know the difference. Flying 14 hours on coach is not a pleasant experience.... and I'm looking at doing it again as I speak.... I'll make sure to buy some noise-cancelling headphones next time around I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Um, so what? It's Stacey Dales. Their other analysts run circles around her anyway. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starchild Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Oh boo-hoo. She wants to sit first class, so she decides to pack it in and quit.Is it wrong that she's sitting coach and the others are in first class? Probably. But honestly, who cares? Is sitting coach THAT big of a difference? Is it SO inferior to her colleague's positions at the front of the plane that it's worth making a stink over and leaving your otherwise great job? Come on now. She wasn't sitting in a crate with chickens or sitting in an overhead compartment with luggage. If plane seating arrangements were enough to send her over the edge, then she gets zero sympathy from me. Be happy you have a job at ESPN and that they pay for your travel at all. You're on a plane, for free, doing a job you presumably love to do for the biggest name in sports news.I'm tired of every damn perceived inequality being overblown.Having done both the last time I traveled I can say yes there is THAT big a difference. It's one thing to fly coach occasionally for leisure travel. If you're traveling constantly for business the difference is huge. You try being crammed in with every rookie, whiner, and idiot on the plane every few days and then ask if it's THAT big a difference.You don't even need to fly constantly to know the difference. Flying 14 hours on coach is not a pleasant experience.... and I'm looking at doing it again as I speak.... I'll make sure to buy some noise-cancelling headphones next time around Meh. I've done 12-hour flights myself in coach, and I can tell you I don't give it any more thought. I watch a movie, pop in my iPod, take a nap, read a magazine... whatever. Are they the greatest experiences in the world? No. But honestly, flying coach on a business trip should be the worst thing to happen to someone like Stacey Dales on the job. In the grand scheme of things, it is not that serious. She doesn't need Air Force One to do her job effectively. If you have to fly coach, be thankful for what you've got, be thankful you're not paying for your trip period, don't push it and do your job to the best of your ability. "The true New Yorker secretly believes that anyone living anywhere else has got to be, in some sense, kidding." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 If she's part of a team with x, y, and z, then she should be in first class with them. To say nothing of the implications of sending the woman to the back, it seems bad for the esprit de corps to have one-fourth of the broadcasting team traveling separately from the other three (unless it's a John Madden sorta deal). Bob Griese would have every right to be pissed if he were the one relegated to coach while Stacey Dales got to fly first class.I'm surprised any of them are flying first class. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 If she's part of a team with x, y, and z, then she should be in first class with them. To say nothing of the implications of sending the woman to the back, it seems bad for the esprit de corps to have one-fourth of the broadcasting team traveling separately from the other three (unless it's a John Madden sorta deal). Bob Griese would have every right to be pissed if he were the one relegated to coach while Stacey Dales got to fly first class.I'm surprised any of them are flying first class.The term "first class" depends on the flight and what plane they are flying in. In some cases "first class" is basically "business class" on much larger planes. I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJaxon Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I'm on 14 hour flights all the time, most of them in coach. It's all about what you make of it. I just sit tight and watch the movie and take a nap. It's not like everyone that flies in coach is a degenerate. The only problem I could see people having with not flying first class is if they were really big or really tall, cuz you have more leg room. But that's really it. I'll go work for ESPN and I'll love it, no matter how I am traveling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi74 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I'm surprised any of them are flying first class.Same here, its not like they are flying 14 hours to Tokyo most of their flights would be around 2 or 3 hours in duration with a few 4 to 5 hours flights here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I'm on 14 hour flights all the time, most of them in coach. It's all about what you make of it. I just sit tight and watch the movie and take a nap. It's not like everyone that flies in coach is a degenerate. The only problem I could see people having with not flying first class is if they were really big or really tall, cuz you have more leg room. But that's really it. I'll go work for ESPN and I'll love it, no matter how I am traveling.No, just most of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I'm on 14 hour flights all the time, most of them in coach. It's all about what you make of it. I just sit tight and watch the movie and take a nap. It's not like everyone that flies in coach is a degenerate. The only problem I could see people having with not flying first class is if they were really big or really tall, cuz you have more leg room. But that's really it. I'll go work for ESPN and I'll love it, no matter how I am traveling.You know you fly most of your flights space-A... (j/k)On the real, though, as both a former airline employee and a veteran of three combat tours (meaning I, much like Mr. Contractor up above me here, have seen more than my fair share of 14-, 16-, 18-hour flights), I can truly say that first class (or "business" class) is overrated. Like Jay said, unless you got longer limbs or wider girth, it really ain't much difference (other than complimentary bevereges and snacks--or Heinekens--every 15 minutes or so on regular commercial flights). Hell, my R&R flight here to the States was slam-full of people (320-something or something like that) and I don't think any of us had any issues.(But then, I ain't an E-9, CW5, or O-5 or above...so I wouldn't know if they had any issues up in the front of the plane...lucky bastards. ) *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbr218 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I see why she's upset, but I don't think she should have left her job over it. Anyway, I've never sat in first/business class, and I've been on a lot of flights in my short lifetime. My cousin and I are going to Israel this summer with our grandparents and they were going to get business class tickets, but they've just gotten too expensive. "Why would anybody ever eat anything besides breakfast food?"-Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), Parks and Recreation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Umm, who? I watch a decent amount of ESPN and I don't think I've ever heard of her. Kinda similar to the Trev Alberts situation where he took his ball and went home because ESPN wouldn't evelvate him from their second-tier College Football show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Yeah and speaking of which, where is Trev now? www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Yeah and speaking of which, where is Trev now?CBS College Sports (CSTV) -- or at least I saw him on there last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQK Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Yeah and speaking of which, where is Trev now?Crying and naked in the bathroom stall at an Exxon? Stay Tuned Sports Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philly97flyer Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 aww poor thing....someone call the WAHHHHHmbulance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 aww poor thing....someone call the WAHHHHHmbulanceDial Whine-Wahh-Wahh.... I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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