Hooters Air has eyes on expansion ( You have to read the article)

[MissMarple]

This is not a joke, it's real business news done slightly tongue in cheek. Although I haven't been to a Hooters, I do admire their business sense and humor. And I understand the company is a good one for women who want to move into management, so you wonder who is being "exploited", if anyone at all.

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~130~2684801,00.html

"One-way flights start at $69, making Rockford a tempting gateway to Chicago. A lot of guys will enjoy both legs of that trip. The flights include leather seats, tasty food and a certain enthusiasm from two Hooters Girls that fliers are not likely to find among the beaten-down employees of bankrupt United Airlines.

"We haven't had any complaints," Peterson said. "Most people are excited that they actually get some food."
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Evergreen aviation consultant Mike Boyd, who did some work for the company, figures that if the more than 400 Hooters restaurants cough up $500 a month, they will easily cover the airline's costs. "It's a flying billboard system for the chain," Boyd said. "And it's worth every penny."
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Hooters Air is aimed primarily at leisure travelers. It began by flying folks from Newark, N.J., and Atlanta into its hub (or hubba hubba) in Myrtle Beach, S.C. It now aims to serve Baltimore; Columbus, Ohio; Denver; Gary, Ind.; Las Vegas; Rockford; and Nassau, Bahamas."

edited to fix the link

[Ian David]

1. In the event of a water-landing...

... your flight attendant can be used as a flotation device....

[livinginphotographs]

4. That's funny.

[sellitman]

11. lmao!

I almost peed in my pants. Great comment!

[yellowcanine]

2. Tell me that editor wasn't giggling when he/she wrote that headline!

And this:

"A lot of guys will enjoy both legs of that trip."

[Catfight]

3. Gives the meaning of "flight wings" a slightly different spin. I think

it's a great idea, the fundies will go crazy!LOL You'll be certain there won't be any freaky fundies on those planes so I'm booking my flights with Hooter Air.

[yellowcanine]

6. au contraire, I bet those planes will be packed with fundie preachers

"doing research" for their sermons denouncing the moral degeneracy of American culture.

[Catfight]

14. I stand corrected, you are right, just like all that important reviewing

of PORN so they can know the enemy.LOL

[TahitiNut]

5. "One-way flights start at $69"

I always thought that was two-way. :dunce:

[AllegroRondo]

7. Please return your seat backs and hostesses to their upright position

[DemoTex]

8. Bullshit .. pure bullshit.

One-way flights start at $69, making Rockford a tempting gateway to Chicago. A lot of guys will enjoy both legs of that trip. The flights include leather seats, tasty food and a certain enthusiasm from two Hooters Girls that fliers are not likely to find among the beaten-down employees of bankrupt United Airlines.

Al Lewis thinks he's funny, but he is just another asshole. The double-entendres are way too corny. The cheap shot at the good employees of United Airlines is gratuitous and factually incorrect. Hooters Air flies Boeing 737-200 aircraft which require a minimum of three flight attendants (not two girls) per FAR 121. I wonder if Hooters Air hires male flight attendants. In fact, I wonder if they hire any experienced flight attendants at all (there are plenty out of work now).

[Kolesar]

9. They would hire experienced flight attendants if they were attractive

and dressed like Hooters' girls. AKA discrimination.

[TahitiNut]

10. They should start a companion airline.

Continental Codpiece :evilgrin: Maybe they could hire the cast of The Full Monty and the Chippendale Dancers.

[jmowreader]

16. Hooters staffs its planes differently than most airlines

The Hooters Girls are on board in addition to the FAR 121-required three flight attendants. They're on board to...well, be Hooters Girls.

The guy who runs Hooters Restaurants has a lot of money, and he spends it wisely. A couple years ago, when he started this thing, I looked at his business plan--using one plane to fly rich men to Myrtle Beach so they could golf the Grand Strand. I figured that if he ran it with at least one eye on the bottom line, he'd do well--golfers will spend money. Well, he's running it with both eyes on the bottom line and now he has six planes.

[Zebulon]

12. It's a natural

Since Hooters already serves bad food, it only makes sense for them to expand into the airline business.

[TrogL]

13. I eat at the local Hooters - and I'm gay

The food is reasonably priced (compared to the nearby competition) and edible (ibid) and the waitresses actually know how to serve. Most are University girls.

[Zebulon]

15. I guess it depends

upon what other options are available. From here, I can think of at least three places within a few miles that have better chicken wings than Hooters. Not that Hooters is in any danger of going out of business. I'm sure there are other exceptions besides yourself, but I'd guess that most people aren't going to Hooters due to the quality of the food.

[mitchum]

17. LOL!!!

hilarious AND true
Well done :)

[warrens]

18. Actually, that might be a very profitable airline at some point

I've only been to Hooters once, and that was to escape a downpour when I lived in Florida. The food is lousy and their beer is worse. Somehow, they keep winning awards for their wings, but mine were greasy and just sort of had a puddle of hot sauce poured over them. They tasted boiled.

The girls are cute, but the forced cheerfulness gets on your last nerve. It's sort of the equivalent of "hey baby, you come here often?" Not quite, because they aren't trying to pick you up, but close, because you know they have said the same exact thing 23 times so far today.

Somehow, I think it is big with FReepers.