Sky BUSTED

Erica blogging again, not from Colorado, but from a place of anger!

I was intending to hop on the luxurious and low-cost flying Greyhound line, Skybus, next week for a few days of careless whispers and self-esteem building at the HypePipe's Brooklyn outpost (Cedric's apartment). HOWEVER, I just learned that Skybus is officially DEFUNCT. Based on Patrick's experience, I'm probably better off without Skybust as you couldn't get from Greensboro to Manhattan without a lot of nonsense in Newburgh involving buses, regional rail, and Foxy Brown.

How's this for effective customer communication and crisis management? "Passengers holding reservations for Skybus flights scheduled to depart on or after Saturday, April 5, 2008 should contact their credit card companies to arrange to apply for a refund."


And you can't call them because THEY DON'T HAVE PHONES! I feel like a ch-izump for choosing an airline without a phone. If someone does not have a phone, they are usually not a good person to ask for a RIDE.

Skybust also sold candy, perfume and baby clothes in-flight as a "fundraiser" for the airline. Yet another sign of a bad business model. It's kind of too bad about that; I really wanted to load up on peanut M&M's and Elizabeth Taylor's White Diamonds. (These have always brought me luck!)




THOM YORKE can tell you how I feel about this whole wrinkle in my bank account and travel plans: