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Airline Death Watch: Are Midwest's Cookies Endangered?

July 7, 2008 at 11:15 AM | 2 Comments

The carrier didn't declare bankruptcy this weekend as we had predicted, but we noticed a troubling new trend when we flew Midwest Airlines over the holiday. (Yes, we also disregarded our own advice not to buy tickets on the ailing airline.)

On one of our flights, the standard passenger ration of two free fresh-baked chocolate-chip cookies had been cut... to one cookie. It's an outrage! What's next, no free cookies at all just like every other airline in the country?

Of course, the Milwaukee-based carrier's straits may be too dire to be affected by one concessionary cut, if its recent groundings and layoffs are any indication. Midwest Airlines' website opposing multiple offers from AirTran earlier this year was called, fittingly, Savethecookie.com. Maybe it's time for Save The Cookie Again, with a focus on the actual cookies.

Related Stories:
· Midwest Airlines Struggling to Avoid Death Spiral [Jaunted]
· Two Weeks Ago: Midwest Grounds Planes, Cookies Still Safe [Jaunted]
· "Thanks for chipping in to help save the cookie." [SavetheCookie.com]
· Midwest Airlines coverage [Jaunted]

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Where: Milwaukee, WI, United States

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  1. dakined1

    Jaunted Member
    July 7, 2008 at 2:25 PM




    meh.

    They're in trouble, but the single cookie probably was served on a CRJ, right? That's normal, since the flight was operated by Sky West.

    They also don't serve those things before 10am.

    Those cookies are delicious fo sho.

  1. egw

    Jaunted Editor
    July 9, 2008 at 7:54 PM




    It was after 10AM

    but it was on a Midwest Connect (formerly SkyWest) flight, you guessed correctly.

    I've been on others before that didn't skimp on the cookies, though.

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