It's funny because it's a stereotype!!1!

McManus_brothers: It's funny because it's a stereotype true!!1!

FTFY.

I flew Alitalia once. I wouldn't recommend it.

I think subby needs to update his definition of guido. Here's a sample of the modern day guido:

Lame.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahhaahahahahahahahahaaha


aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahah

Another sign that the Italian economy is teetering. Can France be far behind?

Air France left me behind in the first-class lounge because they neglected to announce their flight was departing or inform the airport staff in the lounge. My worries were placated with "They'll tell us when they're ready for you." I did get a nice extra free stay out of it, though, with a little overnight kit that included lavender from Provence and a condom.

Flying Alitalia from Rome to Charles de Gaulle was like riding in an uncle's rusting-out 1972 VW bus without all the safety features, with the added bonus of being 30 minutes late to land.

So, from personal experience, I can say that the new merger should enable all kinds of suck.

Strange group photo, pinch_harmonics. The one on the left is nervously guarding his man bits, the one in the middle was definitely over-cooked, and the African-American lady on the right has no boobs.

Air France already owns KLM, now AlItalia , if only they purchase TAROM (Romanian airlines), and they will have..............
THE POULE OF DEATH!!!!! (pop)

/obscure?
//not if you're a football fan!
///Go Holland!
////or at least, try.

I always thought Air Lingus and Air Canada should form a joint partnership. They could call the new airlines Air Canalingus.

aegis: I always thought Air Lingus and Air Canada should form a joint partnership. They could call the new airlines Air Canalingus.

Heh.

Wow, the second worst Airline in western Europe has bought the worst. Although Air France may only be so bad because of their heavy reliance on the CDG Paris Airport. The one airport in Western Europe that I absolutely refuse to pass through when avoidable.

Alitalia is the worst airline I have ever flown on. That includes US domestic carriers. Alitalia is so bad, that I swore I would never fly on them again. They confiscated my insulin and then lost it. I fly internationally about once a month and I have flown maybe 60 different airlines. They suck so bad, I will actually say I hate them. I'm glad Air France bought them.

DO NOT WANT Poster Girl: So, from personal experience, I can say that the new merger should enable all kinds of suck.

Yeah, this. Although, I do have to say, the Air France cawfee is quite good.

aegis: I always thought Air Lingus and Air Canada should form a joint partnership. They could call the new airlines Air Canalingus.

Aer Lingus and Continental would be wayyyyy better.

Disturbingly similar to the previous group photo, always 11h17m. The one on the left is nervously guarding his man bits, the one in the middle is definitely baked, and the French lady on the right has no boobs.

pinch_harmonics Here's a sample of the modern day guido



Approves.

/Also, am I still drunk, or wasn't there some reference to garlic in the headline five minutes ago?

Air Fritalian?

/the typical Farker would put obscure? after this
//Someone else knows what I mean, I know it

Frosted Flake: and the African-American lady on the right has no boobs.

bwahahahah!

Can they improve the food? The absolute worst food I ever got on an airplane (which is really saying something considering the crap that most airlines used to serve back when they served food) was on an Alitalia flight from Rome to New York.

In 1985.

It was so awful that 23 years later it remains the benchmark by which I judge all other crappy food.

why was the headline changed? It also mentioned garlic breath.

is this 'bout corporate takeovers
ors
tEh raciasms?

Alitalia - WORST AIRLINE EVAR.

I was on a 737 from ROme to Athens two years ago and I was surprised that shiatbucket didn't fall apart.

expobill; a little from column A and a little from column B.

AmericanMensan: Air Fritalian?

/the typical Farker would put obscure? after this
//Someone else knows what I mean, I know it

I approve.

/I thought Air France and Alitalia were already partnered.

Flew Alitalia once, once!

The crack staff didn't care that my son slept unbuckled in the floor at landing (yes, they noticed and yes, I shouldn't have left him there - he didnt even wake up when wheels the ground) and sat us in the exit row with said 5 year old. However they were horrified when they saw that we had a portable DVD player running. Apparently we were putting the entire plane in grave danger.

alitalia needs to get rid of the Italian government, so this looks like good news. The Air France KLM thing seems to be working out.

I only found out Alitalia was an airline until I saw them at the Berlin-tegel airport. I saw it on Transformer Wheeljack's body, but never knew what it represented.

AmericanMensan: Air Fritalian?

/the typical Farker would put obscure? after this
//Someone else knows what I mean, I know it

I'd say nothing's obscure on Fark, but Dunkin Donuts commercials aren't obscure anywhere.

/also, doing things is what I like to do.

Italy + France = great blazing sword of BO

I thought the national airline of Italy was GenItalia.

Flew Alitalia from NY to Rome to Brindisi a long time ago.

At JFK, I walked towards the gate while casually noticing that the port wing was leaking -- nay, spewing -- remarkable amounts of fluid onto the tarmac, to the extent that the whole area under the plane was wet with what was either hydraulic fluid or jet fuel. Four hour delay.

Then, in Rome, there was this gigantic queue at the Alitalia counter to move tickets and people. It was a semi-circle of education, in which I learned that five-foot-tall Italian grandmothers can shove you aside like you're a punk rookie in a Serie A football match. I finally shoved back and got my converted ticket so late that I was driven in an Alitalia van out to my plane, which had already left the gate. The door was opened, and me and my luggage were shoved up the stairs. Yes, my checked luggage. My suitcase was put into an empty seat and, safety standards being what they were back then, buckled in like a fat foreign tourist. Well, at least the van driver, and for that matter, the stewardesses, were rather comely in their white blouses that highlighted their black bras. Oh, except for the one stewardess who chose (doubtless due to the summer heat) not to wear one. Every guy on the plane did EXACTLY what she told them to do.

In those days, all Alitalia pilots were ex-Air Force (possibly for some kind of national emergency recall function). The pilot apparently decided to hone his skills by doing a combat landing at Brindisi. I recall the plane banking furiously and, as I looked outside the window, I noticed we were at about 6000 feet altitude RIGHT OVER THE RUNWAY.

Due to the professional excellence of the pilot, we eliminated that pesky altitude problem in short order, and spun around to do a maximum speed landing (with only one stomach-churning, aircraft-yawing-crazily-as-the-rudder-was-jerked-into-submission bounce) as we rolled into the great Italian state of Apulia.

Small wonder they were serving hard liquor in the airport bar.

Ah Italians. Passion + Cultural ADHD = Crap made stuff.

One can imagine the typical work day at an Italian shop.
8:00 Cigarette
8:10 fighting on the phone with girlfriend
8:20 Cigarette
8:30 Ignore the boss's biatch out
Rinse repeat.

It is no surprise they make shiat. And they do when it comes to cold and boring metal. Now give them something they can make art with, well that's a different matter. Then the passion kicks in and ADHD doesn't matter. It's art, after all.

Smitty I LOLed

"My bus driver likes that European look."

It's funny to read all your (mis)conceptions about Italy.

To be honest:
a) Yes, Alitalia sucks. I fly RyanAir and Lufthansa. Or the local dropzone jump plane.
b) What Italy needs is a good government.
c) Never met a girl with armpit hair here, yet I met a couple of german girls and a french one that did.
d) USA is far, far behind culturally and intelectually compared to europe.

Discuss.

I heard Qantas was going to buy Alitalia and call it.........


Al-Qaitalia!


Bahahahhahaaa!


And they wouldn't shave their beards!!!!

Well, I'm flying Alitalia next week. Does anyone have anything good to say about them?

Spartan_Manhandler: No thanks.

That was a fantastic landing in that (now defunct) dangerous airport.

This is scary.

monstershapiro: Well, I'm flying Alitalia next week. Does anyone have anything good to say about them?

Their airplanes usually have 2 wings.

/Experience may vary

monstershapiro: Well, I'm flying Alitalia next week. Does anyone have anything good to say about them?

I have some miles that I'll gladly let expire :)

Serially, they suck, but their business class on international flights was more or less survivable when I flew withthem three years ago. Avoid Milan airport though.

tfm_copycat: This is scary.

Looks like a fairly standard 747 crosswind landing to me...

tfm_copycat: It's funny to read all your (mis)conceptions about Italy.

Discuss.

There's an old joke about how you can tell the Alitalia planes on the airport tarmac - they're the ones with the hair under the wings.

/Plus you're from Florence
//Make it to Mezzogiorno much?

Cybernetic: ...In 1985.

It was so awful that 23 years later it remains the benchmark by which I judge all other crappy food.

But back then we got free slippers to wear! I still have mine!

Two Dogs Farking: tfm_copycat: It's funny to read all your (mis)conceptions about Italy.

Discuss.

There's an old joke about how you can tell the Alitalia planes on the airport tarmac - they're the ones with the hair under the wings.

/Plus you're from Florence
//Make it to Mezzogiorno much?

Ah. OK.
Didn't know about the joke.

Kyoowashugi: tfm_copycat: This is scary.

Looks like a fairly standard 747 crosswind landing to me...

I fail. I though it was the one that a turbine touched the tarmac

yeah, i've flown on alitalia and all of their planes are like straight out of the late 1970s...i'm surprised that i lived through some of those flights. although, air france was no picnic either...both smelled pretty heavily of body odor.

always 11h17m: I counter with (French):

Silly pose aside, they're all rather decent looking. The woman is actually quite attractive in a "natural beauty" kind of way.

/Now go away before I taunt you a second time.

tfm_copycat: c) Never met a girl with armpit hair here, yet I met a couple of german girls and a french one that did.

Yeah, that's shocking.

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