easyJet.com files elderly passengers under 'livestock'

A round of applause for easyJet.com today for confirming many passengers' suspicions as to how airlines view their customers. Try this answer to a query regarding "assistance", paying close attention to the category from which it comes: easyJet.com's answer to elderly passengers' assistance query classifies old timers as …

[Dillon Pyron]

Soutwest

Southwest Airlines says they don't permit any animals onboard. However, on many occasions I've heard more than on few moo's and even one baa while boarding.

[Thomas Cardy]

She is not the only one...

Searching for "Livestock" nets you 148 results, Including "Does easyJet carry wheelchairs?" and "Are babies allowed to fly?".

[Karl Lattimer]

Well its better than...

Dead stock... That old bird that popped it on a BA flight wouldn't have had any available assistance.

[Anonymous Coward]

It's better that you don't know...

Having spent a little time up at the pointy end myself, doing a bit of cloud worrying, I can also report that Seat Ballast is also referred to as "Self-Loading Cargo."

[Anonymous Coward]

Livestock?

While I agree that passengers are treated no better than livestock, I am fairly confident that livestock is not sent by air. Unless you count sheeple.