These wings were made for flying!
Not only can you eat the wings, now you can fly them too! 
Gary Indiana isn't really my first choice for hopping on a plane and taking a vacation so, I was really surprised several months ago when Hooter's of all places, decided they were getting into the avaition industry and making Indiana one of their stops on the way to Myrtle Beach. Call me crazy, but I wouldn't trust McDonald's or Burger King taking me anywhere! Well, Hooter's falls into that same category. They are a "small, people friendly airline" their website says. All I know is, after 9/11 I'm a skeptic when it comes to flying...I'm REALLY skeptical with putting my life into the hands of a place who makes their money on hot chicks and finger food. I wrote a letter to the company. Little did I know I would get a response like this:
To: Hooters Air Customer ServiceSubject: (no subject) Hi. I've got a concern and a complaint. I recently flew from Chicago-Gary to Myrtle Beach. While making chit-chat on the plane I horrified to learn that HootersAir has a fleet of three whole planes?! Is that right? Safety is my concern there. Do the planes get a tune up or oil change after every stop? My complaint has to deal with the buxom young lady in your ads. When I got on the plane I didn't see anything like that. What I did see was a 40 year old woman that looked all tired out and about to keel over. That isn't really the last thing I want to see knowing that you have three planes. The flight however, was good. Everyone laughed and cheered as the plane took off. The pilot came on the intercom and joked about Michael Jackson being from Gary, then came to the back and joined us for jello shots. I think it would be really nice if you guys did a show like "Airline" on A&E. We had a good flight but the captain nearly missed the runway upon landing...he said his hands were slipping off the steering wheel from the buffalo wings' hot sauce. Thank you for your time. I think I'd fly again. Larry Davidson Chicago
Dear Mr. Davidson, Thanks for the note but if I understand you correctly you think that being small makes you unsafe and you don't like mature professional flight attendants. The young lady in the ADs is a Hooters Girl not a flight attendant. There are no 40 year old Hooters Girls. For the record, Hooters Air owns Pace Airlines who operates our aircraft and trains our crews. We have 20 aircraft (6 painted in the Hooters Air livery). We operate aircraft for many sports teams including the Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Caviliers, Duke Basketball,etc. Understand Hooters does not need to be in this business, if can't do it right we won't do it! Our safety record is perfect (zero mishaps). Not many can say that these days. The next time you fly and are interested in how your carrier of choice is doing, ask yourself these questions. What does the interior of this aircraft look like? Is it clean and in good repair? No broken seats. How many seats have been put in this aircraft and how much leg room do I have? How is the temperature on board? Did they serve me anything on the trip other than a soda? How much money is this carrier making or losing this year? Are we ontime? How many flights have been cancelled today? What's the exterior of the aircraft look like? Is it clean? Do they wax it? If you asked and answered these questions about us, you would find we did pretty well. Hooters Air does not cancel flights. We keep a spare aircraft and crew available to protect passengers. Great interior, extra leg room and food all for the same great price. Our record speaks for itself. We are one of the few that actually still thinks we owe our customers something. If you can find someone out there willing to do more for the customer than Hooters Air at the same great price, buy a ticket! Mark Peterson President Hooters Air
posted by Dave Sypniewski at
Friday, April 08, 2005
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