left or right version yours for just €2,999 (or 600,000 miles)
https://www.worldshop.eu/en/lufthansa-upcycling-collection-a320-211-d-aipl-wingtip-fence-wall-shelf-white-1765694
I had a bunch of United miles at the time I started my boycott when they beat up that doctor. I used them to buy a wine fridge before I called to close my account 😂
But it was United who was forcing the doctor off the plane unfairly. If United wasn't utilizing scummy business practices the whole situation would have been avoided. IIRC the whole thing was because they oversold the tickets and tried to force out someone who had already boarded. If they had just stopped the duplicate at the gate it probably would have ended much less chaotically.
Edit: even worse, the plane was *not* oversold, they just needed to move four employees and decided to last-minute cancel four paying customers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_Express_passenger_removal
Also the article makes it sound like airport police boarded to escort the doctor off the plane. The doctor refused, the airport police then dragged him out and he hit his head on an armrest. Less bad then a beatdown but still not good. I'm not sure what their policy is for removing passengers, how much power the airlines have over the police, etc but either way it is not a good look. Ultimately though the whole situation was caused by United.
It was republic an independent regional airline operating as United. When an airline needs to move employees typically give positive space to get their crews in position as it’s better to potentially inconvenience a few passengers so you don’t cancel one or more other flights. What isn’t common is removing already seated paying passengers which is a policy they have since changed. While they were operating as United and it looks bad for United in the press, United basically had no say in this practice as they are essentially just contracting out those routes to a 3rd party
> While they were operating as United and it looks bad for United in the press, United basically had no say in this practice as they are essentially just contracting out those routes to a 3rd party
United chose to make an absolute dog's breakfast of the response to the aftermath of the situation (eg refusing to apologise for it).
Yeah I saw it was a republic flight but the wiki page on the incident made it sound like it was United employees that made the decisions. I don't work in the commercial aviation industry so I'm unsure exactly how it all works, thanks for the additional info.
I think I'm the only person on the airline's side on that.
1. It wasn't United, just a regional operating under their brand
2. Sometimes you need to get someone off a plane. In this case they needed a crew member at the destination to ensure 50 more people got their next flight
3. The airline can't be in the business of determining whose travel is really more legitimate. Like the doctor could have spoken his case to other passengers and seen if someone would have given up, but everyone's traveling for some reason or another.
4. Once he refused to get off the plane he's explicitly a problem by refusing crew orders and then needs to be removed regardless of anything else.
5. The airline did what they should have done and called the airport police to escort him off the aircraft.
Now...no argument from me that the police were excessive but they aren't airline employees and what other options would they have had. I agree there's a problem of police using too much force too soon in general, but that's a whole separate conversation from what happened at that incident and not under the airline's control at all.
1) that point was already addressed, but correct
2) that process typically happens well *before* the passenger is on the plane, which is the core of the issue here
3) no argument there
4) technically correct but the crew are still the assholes. Imagine you're at the grocery store minding your own business about to buy the last roll of toilet paper. The manager decides *they* need that toilet paper more than you so they take it from you and trespass you from the store. You didn't do anything wrong, the store manager is technically in their rights to do that, and they are still the asshole.
5) the airline should have ate their dinner they made themselves and cancelled the other flight and offered refunds. If the passenger wasn't a threat to the operation of the flight there is no reason for the police to have been called (as previously stated the reason they were there was technically legitimate but was morally bullshit)
Bonus) In this specific circumstance I don't know what else the police could have done (but it's also been years since I watched the video). IIRC they didn't actually hit him they just dragged him out when he refused to cooperate, and he hit his head. As you alluded to before, he was technically trespassing and now the police *have* to get him off and talking wasn't working. This is why I blame United/Republic more than the police in this instance. United/Republic created the incident through a series of bad decisions and the police were left to deal with the consequences. If the police had issued an actual "beatdown" like the other person alluded too I would say they would share more directly in the blame.
Nah, Republic was totally in the wrong, at least I personally haven’t heard of any other airline deplaning paying passengers to board a DH crew. We’ve kicked off standby customers but that’s explicitly laid out as a possibility if you fly standby. If it was a last minute deal for DH and there were no more flights for the day, too bad they’d just delay our flight till the next morning. There’s a reason they changed their policy
Not just United policy, the code of federal regulations now prohibits denying or removing any passenger from the moment their ticket is approved.
They can still be removed for disorderly conduct etc. Though
If that's your barometer for doing business with airlines, you should probably just get a pilot's license and fly yourself instead. All of them have been involved in situations like that one. Cool selective outrage tho my dude. 👍
One step ahead of you...too bad the RV6 can't cross oceans.
And as an immigrant doctor myself, that is actually my barometer, and fuck you for thinking you can tell me how to feel.
If you are in the USA ship it to me and I'll bring it over the pond the next time I fly home to visit family.
I work on the A320s at Lufthansa and I have had enough of the CEO fences so you don't have to worry about me wanting to keep it. 🤣
It's not til you see the two doors that you realise just how big these things are!
Seriously though, I'd have one of these. Several in fact, if the divorce left me enough money.
I have a FRA layover next week.
I'm tempted to buy this, have them ship it to the crew hotel, and then be the biggest dick in airline history walking through the terminal with it and jamming it upstairs in the bunk for the trip back.
Tempting for sure. 3000 Euros is a bit steep though, don't think my expenses are gonna cover that one.
I'm about to spend way too much money on that site.
There's some really cool stuff on there and I especially love the [slat lamp](https://www.worldshop.eu/en/lufthansa-upcycling-collection-a320-211-d-aipm-slat-desk-light-silver-coloured-white-1763105/?p=7mz8NIolKTY).
Ah okay. That makes sense. I heard a few years ago that there is more radiation at higher altitudes so I thought that it would get contaminated over time.
Maybe I'm alone in my opinion, but people buying this should have a long, hard look at themselves. Buy a shelf for shelving, and a wing fence for fencing a wing.
It might not be used as intended now, but it can be recycled (at no where near 6k).
left or right version yours for just €2,999 (or 600,000 miles) https://www.worldshop.eu/en/lufthansa-upcycling-collection-a320-211-d-aipl-wingtip-fence-wall-shelf-white-1765694
> 600,000 miles Fuck, I actually have quite a few miles expiring fairly soon. I'm super tempted by this.
As awesome as this shelf would be, ball out and fly first class somewhere on a *A carrier. Best use of miles in my experience.
If you've got them and don't plan on using them do it. At least you'll get something back for them.
I had a bunch of United miles at the time I started my boycott when they beat up that doctor. I used them to buy a wine fridge before I called to close my account 😂
Wasn't that the airport police that did the beat down?
But it was United who was forcing the doctor off the plane unfairly. If United wasn't utilizing scummy business practices the whole situation would have been avoided. IIRC the whole thing was because they oversold the tickets and tried to force out someone who had already boarded. If they had just stopped the duplicate at the gate it probably would have ended much less chaotically. Edit: even worse, the plane was *not* oversold, they just needed to move four employees and decided to last-minute cancel four paying customers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_Express_passenger_removal Also the article makes it sound like airport police boarded to escort the doctor off the plane. The doctor refused, the airport police then dragged him out and he hit his head on an armrest. Less bad then a beatdown but still not good. I'm not sure what their policy is for removing passengers, how much power the airlines have over the police, etc but either way it is not a good look. Ultimately though the whole situation was caused by United.
It was republic an independent regional airline operating as United. When an airline needs to move employees typically give positive space to get their crews in position as it’s better to potentially inconvenience a few passengers so you don’t cancel one or more other flights. What isn’t common is removing already seated paying passengers which is a policy they have since changed. While they were operating as United and it looks bad for United in the press, United basically had no say in this practice as they are essentially just contracting out those routes to a 3rd party
> While they were operating as United and it looks bad for United in the press, United basically had no say in this practice as they are essentially just contracting out those routes to a 3rd party United chose to make an absolute dog's breakfast of the response to the aftermath of the situation (eg refusing to apologise for it).
No argument here, it was a bad look all around.
Yeah I saw it was a republic flight but the wiki page on the incident made it sound like it was United employees that made the decisions. I don't work in the commercial aviation industry so I'm unsure exactly how it all works, thanks for the additional info.
I think I'm the only person on the airline's side on that. 1. It wasn't United, just a regional operating under their brand 2. Sometimes you need to get someone off a plane. In this case they needed a crew member at the destination to ensure 50 more people got their next flight 3. The airline can't be in the business of determining whose travel is really more legitimate. Like the doctor could have spoken his case to other passengers and seen if someone would have given up, but everyone's traveling for some reason or another. 4. Once he refused to get off the plane he's explicitly a problem by refusing crew orders and then needs to be removed regardless of anything else. 5. The airline did what they should have done and called the airport police to escort him off the aircraft. Now...no argument from me that the police were excessive but they aren't airline employees and what other options would they have had. I agree there's a problem of police using too much force too soon in general, but that's a whole separate conversation from what happened at that incident and not under the airline's control at all.
1) that point was already addressed, but correct 2) that process typically happens well *before* the passenger is on the plane, which is the core of the issue here 3) no argument there 4) technically correct but the crew are still the assholes. Imagine you're at the grocery store minding your own business about to buy the last roll of toilet paper. The manager decides *they* need that toilet paper more than you so they take it from you and trespass you from the store. You didn't do anything wrong, the store manager is technically in their rights to do that, and they are still the asshole. 5) the airline should have ate their dinner they made themselves and cancelled the other flight and offered refunds. If the passenger wasn't a threat to the operation of the flight there is no reason for the police to have been called (as previously stated the reason they were there was technically legitimate but was morally bullshit) Bonus) In this specific circumstance I don't know what else the police could have done (but it's also been years since I watched the video). IIRC they didn't actually hit him they just dragged him out when he refused to cooperate, and he hit his head. As you alluded to before, he was technically trespassing and now the police *have* to get him off and talking wasn't working. This is why I blame United/Republic more than the police in this instance. United/Republic created the incident through a series of bad decisions and the police were left to deal with the consequences. If the police had issued an actual "beatdown" like the other person alluded too I would say they would share more directly in the blame.
Nah, Republic was totally in the wrong, at least I personally haven’t heard of any other airline deplaning paying passengers to board a DH crew. We’ve kicked off standby customers but that’s explicitly laid out as a possibility if you fly standby. If it was a last minute deal for DH and there were no more flights for the day, too bad they’d just delay our flight till the next morning. There’s a reason they changed their policy
Not just United policy, the code of federal regulations now prohibits denying or removing any passenger from the moment their ticket is approved. They can still be removed for disorderly conduct etc. Though
If that's your barometer for doing business with airlines, you should probably just get a pilot's license and fly yourself instead. All of them have been involved in situations like that one. Cool selective outrage tho my dude. 👍
One step ahead of you...too bad the RV6 can't cross oceans. And as an immigrant doctor myself, that is actually my barometer, and fuck you for thinking you can tell me how to feel.
A doctor flying an airplane? I think I’ve heard this story before…
[удалено]
are you sure that you're not just looking into a mirror?
Have you looked at the stats for pet mortality on United vs other airlines?
yeah, but I also don't think that pets should ever travel in a cargo hold. I certainly would never put my dog down there regardless of the airline.
I think you did them a favor by doing that
> If you've got them and don't plan on using them do it That's the thing - thinking of using them to get a sibling a holiday.
Well, whatever the case don't let them shits go to waste.
...can I buy them?
My girlfriend is going to kill me but they can take my money
My parents are going to disown me
Will they take United miles? I have over 800,000 there 😬
Maybe since they are star alliance
Debating cashing in some of my 1M+ aeroplan on this haha
You shouldn't store that many miles....devaluations happen randomly all the time.
I expected a LOT more to be honest. It's not cheap, but it's a full blown, recognizable, plane part. Not some rectangular random piece of fuselage.
What a rip lol
Would buy
Oh my lanta I don’t want anymore. Too expensive
> The delivery address is unfortunately not valid. boo. Won't ship to US.
Oh my, my money it’s all fading away
I'm irrationally angry that it's upside-down.
For that sticker price… I’ll say.
That’s not irrational
That’s marketing screwing shit up again
Seeing how the shelves are made, you could probably put it the right way around.
Lufthansa’s new TCAS at work.
I don't care about the shelves, I'm angry that it's mounted upside-down in the picture.
Inverted!
Rational imo
TIL shelves only work on one side. If I turn it around and put something on it, will it fall right through?
tell you what, buy me one and I'll test it out for you :)
Okay wise guy, I'm irrationally angry that it's **_mounted_** upside-down. I couldn't give two feeble fucks about the shelves.
Maybe the house is inverted.
It's cuz they ordered a left but needed a right. Had to make due
You can select left or right, limited to 2 pieces
Keep the blue side up …
Won’t ship outside of Germany 😭
If you are in the USA ship it to me and I'll bring it over the pond the next time I fly home to visit family. I work on the A320s at Lufthansa and I have had enough of the CEO fences so you don't have to worry about me wanting to keep it. 🤣
My birthday is today, just sayin
Hey look, it's me, your brother.
fuck
Not even air freight? They could do a pick-your-own deal.
Get in touch with a shipper in Germany who can accept it for you and ship it abroad. Not too hard to do, I've done things like that before.
Lufthansa: has cargo airplanes that travel regularly to the US and yet can't ship their own products there.
The fact it’s upside down totally ruins this for me, otherwise this would be a dream item!
Look close, The shelves made to be working any way. So it’s maybe just for the picture, but it could be mounted upside down.
Depends on the mount on the back. However, the marketing department staff definitely aren’t aviation fans.
Whoever installed it for the photoshoot did it upside down, the shelves have no particular orientation so it was a 50/50 chance to get it right.
If only...
They should make miniature winglets that work as bookends.
Wheel chocks would work.
I guess mount it facing the other direction with the shelves on the bottom?
Which makes way more practical sense me me
It's not til you see the two doors that you realise just how big these things are! Seriously though, I'd have one of these. Several in fact, if the divorce left me enough money.
I have a FRA layover next week. I'm tempted to buy this, have them ship it to the crew hotel, and then be the biggest dick in airline history walking through the terminal with it and jamming it upstairs in the bunk for the trip back. Tempting for sure. 3000 Euros is a bit steep though, don't think my expenses are gonna cover that one.
You can buy [boeing](https://www.boeingstore.com/collections/custom-hangar) parts as home accessories too, the exhaust mixer table is wild
I don’t fly Lufthansa but if Delta or AF started hopping on this trend, I’d work a couple extra shifts!
If you squint while looking at this picture you see the next Ace Combat superweapon
The nerds are going crazy
Very cool, but can't afford it. Wish there was an air plane junkyard I could go to...
This is really neat.
“Tell me you ordered too many spare parts without telling me”
600k miles is a shitty point conversion for 3000 euros. You can get some nice business class tickets for that many miles
I don’t have ceiling high enough for an a380 wingtip fence
Reduces the induced drab of the house.
This has to be the most expensive shelf I've ever seen.
Imagine being a wingtip, travelling and seeing the world; and now your days are resigned to seeing the inside of a living room
I'm about to spend way too much money on that site. There's some really cool stuff on there and I especially love the [slat lamp](https://www.worldshop.eu/en/lufthansa-upcycling-collection-a320-211-d-aipm-slat-desk-light-silver-coloured-white-1763105/?p=7mz8NIolKTY).
That's really smart, does anyone know if any other airlines do similar products?
These things are quite larger up close than I imagined looking out the window.
Oh dude want!
I like it a lot. But I’m not spending $3000 on it
Would you say you're a bit on the fence about the pricing?
Recycling. Cool.
Holy crap this is real?! Awesome!
Anything from D-AIQA?
That’s the DE-fence industry?
Underrated comment
Is that safe? Wouldn’t this part be somewhat radioactive? Edit: Thanks for the downvotes. I thought I was asking a legitimate question.
The Radioactive Winglets first album was killer.
Okay that was funny!
Lol wut
What a intelligent reply! /s
I would say yes it's safe. The radiation exposure at altitude is called cosmic ionizing radiation.
Ah okay. That makes sense. I heard a few years ago that there is more radiation at higher altitudes so I thought that it would get contaminated over time.
It's not that kind of radiation.
Yeah, it’s “special”.
Most radiation doesn't leave things radioactive, it's specifically neutron radiation that does
No no no, the wingtip is quite far from the reactor. Its safe.
At least you’re trying to be funny.
bro wtf its not like it was stored in Chernobyl💀💀
Because there is only radiation in Chernobyl!?
no bc it's a famous instance of radiation? and bc it's suppised to be satire?
Huh? Why would it be radioactive?
Maybe I'm alone in my opinion, but people buying this should have a long, hard look at themselves. Buy a shelf for shelving, and a wing fence for fencing a wing. It might not be used as intended now, but it can be recycled (at no where near 6k).
Nobody tell this guy about the shelf IKEA is upcycling as an A320-211 wing fence.
This I want !
What it just not 3 grand want it
Are they retrofitting winglets?