Will I die if I fly Frontier?

[ponyo]

So how bad is Frontier? Are they bad as Spirit? I've never flown budget airline. I'm thinking about taking the family for an extended weekend trip to San Francisco for some sightseeing and they have really cheap airfare. Will my family hate me if I make them fly Frontier?

 

[BoomerD]

maybe...

IMO, Frontier isn't terrible...but they're definitely not a top-tier airline.

 

[BxgJ]

Can I have your stuff?

 

[MrSquished]

I rode a budget airline once. From Gatwick to Marrakesh. It wasn't bad. I think it was Ryan Air. I still have all my stuffs. Imagine that.

 

[KMFJD]

depends on how long the flight is imo, the shorter the better with budget airlines

 

[SKORPI0]

http://thepointsguy.com/2016/06/25-airlines-without-a-major-accident/

US-based “ultra-low cost carriers” Frontier, Spirit and Allegiant have all yet to have a fatal accident. That said, their current safety situations vary widely.
Although it ranks among the bottom in customer satisfaction, Frontier currently maintains a perfect 7-star safety rating from Airline Ratings and has yet to have a serious accident in its 22-year history.

 

[ponyo]

depends on how long the flight is imo, the shorter the better with budget airlines

Atlanta to San Francisco so about 4 1/2 flight. But the good thing is it's nonstop flight.

 

[Ns1]

Damn bro, why do you hate your family so much?

 

[ponyo]

http://thepointsguy.com/2016/06/25-airlines-without-a-major-accident/

That's good to know. Frontier scored 66 out of 100 on the customer satisfaction survey. United scored 68. Looks close enough and worth gambling.

 

[BoomerD]

I was about to bitch about those numbers. 22 years? Frontier Airlines has been around for several decades...they I did some research. Turns out, there have been two airlines called "Frontier Airlines." One ran from 1950-1986...then went belly-up, the current one started operations in 1994. So,I've flown both versions without realizing they were separate entities.

 

[Ken g6]

I flew Frontier about 10 years ago. I had no complaints.

 

[sandorski]

True Fact: All people who have flown or will fly Frontier will die.

 

[RossMAN]

http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...board-rant-gets-choked-carried-off-stretcher/

 

[John Connor]

So how bad is Frontier? Are they bad as Spirit? I've never flown budget airline. I'm thinking about taking the family for an extended weekend trip to San Francisco for some sightseeing and they have really cheap airfare. Will my family hate me if I make them fly Frontier?

Do you hate animals?

 

[John Connor]

I was about to bitch about those numbers. 22 years? Frontier Airlines has been around for several decades...they I did some research. Turns out, there have been two airlines called "Frontier Airlines." One ran from 1950-1986...then went belly-up, the current one started operations in 1994. So,I've flown both versions without realizing they were separate entities.

As a collector of airline wings I can attest to this.

 

[John Connor]

True Fact: All people who have flown or will fly Frontier will die.

Might be better than being beaten senseless.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Might be better than being beaten senseless.

United offers that service for free.

 

[John Connor]

United offers that service for free.

...and Southwest beats the competition, not you.

 

[eng2d2]

Flew frontier last year. Pilot did a loopty loop on take off

 

[shortylickens]

http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...board-rant-gets-choked-carried-off-stretcher/

Thats nothing. Paris Hiltons brother threatened to kill all the peasants on his flight.

 

[FreshCrabLegs]

Flew with Frontier Air twice.

Never.
Again.
Ever.

ever, ever.

 

[John Connor]

Flew frontier last year. Pilot did a loopty loop on take off

That must have been the new SID (Standard Instrument Departure) that the FAA mandated for noise abatement.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Nah they were probably just calibrating the GPS and compas. Suppose to do that on the ground when plane is not actually moving, but save time if you do it in the air.

Lol reminds me of this flight someone I know went on that was on a super old plane, I don't recall the exact context or what airline it was on, but during takeoff everything inside the cabin just started to beep and lights flashing and even weird things like the bathroom signs were flashing. Plane was shaking violently. Everyone was tense and the flight attendant is like "ohhhh don't worry, it does that all the time!".

 

[John Connor]

Nah they were probably just calibrating the GPS and compas. Suppose to do that on the ground when plane is not actually moving, but save time if you do it in the air.

Lol reminds me of this flight someone I know went on that was on a super old plane, I don't recall the exact context or what airline it was on, but during takeoff everything inside the cabin just started to beep and lights flashing and even weird things like the bathroom signs were flashing. Plane was shaking violently. Everyone was tense and the flight attendant is like "ohhhh don't worry, it does that all the time!".

HAHA Must have been this guy.

 

[ElFenix]

Nah they were probably just calibrating the GPS and compas. Suppose to do that on the ground when plane is not actually moving, but save time if you do it in the air.

Lol reminds me of this flight someone I know went on that was on a super old plane, I don't recall the exact context or what airline it was on, but during takeoff everything inside the cabin just started to beep and lights flashing and even weird things like the bathroom signs were flashing. Plane was shaking violently. Everyone was tense and the flight attendant is like "ohhhh don't worry, it does that all the time!".

Yeah but those MD-80s were bullet proof