Airline Travel

[Tim Schulz]

Airline travel with precious luggage like fly rods and associated equipment is always a gamble.  If something bad happens to your valuable equipment, and you feel you have been mistreated by an airline, then you might try Dave Carroll’s approach.  

Mr. Carroll was flying on United when his Taylor guitar was broken by baggage handlers.  After considerable negotiation without results, he threatened to write a song about his experience and post it on YouTube.   “Good luck with that one, pal” was the response from the airline.  So, he did it:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo[/media]

Over 6 million views.  Taylor has given him two guitars in appreciation of the publicity he has brought to them.  United offered to make amends, provided he agree to take down the video.  “Good luck with that one, pal” he replied.

Here is song #2:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-UoERHaSQg[/media]

And it gets better.  He has become a celebrity of sorts, and has been invited to speak and perform at customer service conferences and events.  Here is what happened on his way to a recent one:

http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=2159828

Too funny.

p.s.  I’ve been away from this board for a bit, so I don’t know if this story made its rounds here.  My search turned up nothing, so I hope I’m not running a repeat.  

[John Williams]

Now that is irony! It also speaks volumes as to what is wrong with the world these days.

[Joel Thompson]

That is pretty funny stuff. Not sure what the approach would be for a fly fisherman getting his stuff broken but I guess figuring it out would be part of the fun!

Joel

[bill heffner]

This is GREAT!! He really got their attention with the video.  
Always remember,
Don’t get mad, get even.   😀  

[Adam McDowell]

Man! Imagine how pissed he would have been if it was a Martin!

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