Let’s face it: all the airlines suck now.  When my grandfather was with the airlines things were different (I think).  But, the worst thing that an airline can do isn’t to carve out an inch of your space every year (some day we’ll be rack mounted in the plane – are you a 1U, 2U or 4U box?).  The worst thing they do is being late.  Which in turn makes us late for jobs, or more painful to the ‘ole heartstrings late to get home to the family.  Not that airline execs have heartstrings – look at how they treat their own unionized employees…  Anyway, some of my own tips…