Airline Death Watch: Are Midwest's Cookies Endangered?
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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