The Twice-Weekly Flight That Got a United CEO Fired

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  • @halfasinteresting
    @halfasinteresting  4 роки тому +961

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    • @AVeryRandomPerson
      @AVeryRandomPerson 4 роки тому +18

      No

    • @wikiwiki1093
      @wikiwiki1093 4 роки тому +78

      Where's the brick video? WE WANT THE BRICKS VIDEO SAM

    • @dashaboy8561
      @dashaboy8561 4 роки тому +18

      Wait I meant how the ceo of Porsche was arrested for nazi association for designing tanks and making “the people’s car” which ended up becoming the biggest car company in the world Volkswagen. I’ll take my shirt now

    • @canada9169
      @canada9169 4 роки тому +6

      You could do something about planes. Now you can give me my free t shirt

    • @Steve0-0
      @Steve0-0 4 роки тому +2

      Hi

  • @res0nance197
    @res0nance197 4 роки тому +4137

    As someone who lives in South Carolina, I can confirm that no one flies out of Columbia's airport, but alas, I live in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 4 роки тому +1

      18inti

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 4 роки тому +6

      I am being humble when I am telling you that I am the most powerful strongest coolest smartest most famous greatest funniest UA-camr of all time! That's the reason I have multiple girlfriends and I show them off on my channel all the time! Bye bye into

    • @shr9662
      @shr9662 4 роки тому +40

      AxxL shut up

    • @alextorchia2289
      @alextorchia2289 4 роки тому +29

      AxxL yeah sure you do.. and humble? not even close. get a life. these self promotion things never work

    • @MustraOrdo
      @MustraOrdo 4 роки тому +3

      @@AxxLAfriku K

  • @HotStonerChick
    @HotStonerChick 4 роки тому +2217

    As one employee of many that worked this flight, we always wondered why this route was even in service. IT WAS ALWAYS EMPTY. I specifically remember the lowest amount of passengers I had on that flight one day. It was 3. THREE passengers. Usually on a “good” day, it was around 25 passengers. I actually really liked flying this route due to the lack of passengers and because the layover was longer than normal domestic flights. A normal domestic flight would have anywhere from a 12-18 hour layover. With this flight however, we usually got 30 hours since it ran so infrequently. I’m actually glad this came upon my recommended videos today. Brought back some memories! Memories of a Waffle House (guilty pleasure, don’t judge lol) and a Country Inn & Suites. I remember when the news of this broke. I wouldn’t say I was surprised..more of a “That makes total sense!”, type of reaction lol. I had validation that I wasn’t crazy thinking that we really didn’t need to be flying this route as it was a total waste of money. Anyway, just thought I’d share my experience lol. Good times....I suppose lol. Can’t say I remember running into Samson on that flight. Never really paid any mind to who was sitting up in first class or economy for that matter since it was a rather short flight. Thanks for the trip down memory lane lol! You’ve got a new sub!

    • @projectorion8186
      @projectorion8186 2 роки тому +19

      That's pretty interesting, was David Samson consistently on the flight?

    • @mikenike-zd9zp
      @mikenike-zd9zp 2 роки тому +96

      @@projectorion8186 they said they couldn’t remember running into samson on the flight

    • @projectorion8186
      @projectorion8186 2 роки тому +26

      @@mikenike-zd9zp sorry I missed that🤦‍♂

    • @coolguy2418
      @coolguy2418 2 роки тому +6

      🧢

    • @kevt8959
      @kevt8959 2 роки тому +1

      🧢

  • @ProXPro106
    @ProXPro106 4 роки тому +5404

    Hey! I didn't know everybody here was also from Cape Girardeau too!

    • @Lunch_box
      @Lunch_box 4 роки тому +131

      Neighbor Marge?? Is that you??

    • @scooterlabel2129
      @scooterlabel2129 4 роки тому +75

      My sister owns a fruit stand In Perryville we are all Missouri

    • @asd98b
      @asd98b 4 роки тому +12

      its especially as am not owo (i sound like i can be woooshed, but i get the joke tho)

    • @christophervelisaris2309
      @christophervelisaris2309 4 роки тому +6

      I go to SIU but I go to football games in Cape when the Salukis play Semo!

    • @MrKholishUmar
      @MrKholishUmar 4 роки тому +18

      Hello there fellow Cape Girardeauan!

  • @feloniusgru9561
    @feloniusgru9561 4 роки тому +1675

    So I live in Aiken, South Carolina and it's just like he described it. Small and lots of horses. So when I saw that my sleepy little town was in this video, I was at a loss for words. My shock was astronomical. I never thought it would be in a video. And he pronounced "Aiken" correctly, so good job HAI and thank you for this. It made my day.

    • @williams.6828
      @williams.6828 4 роки тому +11

      Bruh, I grew up There

    • @redweather6315
      @redweather6315 4 роки тому +174

      you’re lying, i know for a fact you live in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

    • @9HighFlyer9
      @9HighFlyer9 4 роки тому +7

      Edited the comment and you still messed up the first sentence.

    • @Henry8VIII8
      @Henry8VIII8 4 роки тому +14

      Honestly its always a bit of a shock when our state is mentioned at all. People often overlook SC unless they're talking about the Civil/Revolutionary War or Dirty Myrtle.

    • @giantfan5872
      @giantfan5872 4 роки тому +7

      I have a vague memory of living in Aiken, but surely that couldn’t be true. I and 462k+ people live in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

  • @TristanTheBeepBoop
    @TristanTheBeepBoop 4 роки тому +4568

    imagine actually being a viewer from Cape Girardeau Missouri

    • @christophervelisaris2309
      @christophervelisaris2309 4 роки тому +173

      TristanTheBeepBoop I live an hour away from Cape and I’m excited!

    • @foxfoster1
      @foxfoster1 4 роки тому +81

      I used to live extremely close to it

    • @dimathebunsgann
      @dimathebunsgann 4 роки тому +307

      Oh man, let me tell you how shocked I was to see the town where I live at the start of this. I had to go back and restart the video because o literally thought I was going insane.

    • @broarmygeneral2248
      @broarmygeneral2248 4 роки тому +12

      Me

    • @Mimi.1001
      @Mimi.1001 4 роки тому +34

      I have already done this for six minutes.

  • @willwood389
    @willwood389 4 роки тому +621

    When you acully live in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

  • @thessut6584
    @thessut6584 4 роки тому +1115

    2:02 for some reason it really pisses me off that the plane missed the destination

    • @lucascerrahoglu4713
      @lucascerrahoglu4713 4 роки тому +14

      Fakts

    • @NatetheNerdy
      @NatetheNerdy 4 роки тому +35

      I was just amused by it, but I'm happy to see other people noticed as well.

    • @joermnyc
      @joermnyc 4 роки тому +37

      Runway overshoot.

    • @quillmaurer6563
      @quillmaurer6563 4 роки тому +16

      Must be like Northwest Airlines flight 188, pilots were looking at their computers and were so distracted they overshot their destination by more than 100 miles.

    • @CesarSCastillo
      @CesarSCastillo 4 роки тому +3

      Joe R M PAPI lights were off

  • @flatspin7
    @flatspin7 4 роки тому +177

    Smisek was nominally fired due to this scandal but it was really the straw that broke the camels back. His absolute incompetence in merging United and Continental was the real reason he was fired.

    • @alterbennet5420
      @alterbennet5420 Рік тому +3

      So was it a bad idea to merge em or did he do it poorly

    • @Appleboy78165
      @Appleboy78165 Рік тому +13

      @@alterbennet5420 Both, in my opinion.

  • @jacobross7443
    @jacobross7443 4 роки тому +2284

    Hai: mentions Newark airport
    Roasts incoming in 3..2..

    • @toadofsteel
      @toadofsteel 4 роки тому +86

      Nobody likes Newark Airport. Not even New Jerseyans.

    • @elliez.3561
      @elliez.3561 4 роки тому +52

      @@toadofsteel I f'ck'n love EWR, and I'm from NJ. Sure, it's horrible, but it's better than JFK and LGA.

    • @alextorchia2289
      @alextorchia2289 4 роки тому +12

      I like the rude staff and birds that fly around!

    • @WouldntULikeToKnow.
      @WouldntULikeToKnow. 4 роки тому +40

      As a former New Jerseyan who now lives in California, Newark is 10000% times better than LAX. LAX is a nightmare. The devil has nightmares about LAX.

    • @LabeBrett
      @LabeBrett 4 роки тому +15

      @@elliez.3561 Seriously. And getting to JFK alone can take 2-3 hours.

  • @cesarcabrera97
    @cesarcabrera97 4 роки тому +209

    Friend: where have you lived?
    Me: Well, I lived in Cape Girardeau, Missouri for 6 minutes

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 4 роки тому +15

      Cape Girardeau only has 40,000 people, so the population became a lot higher when this video came out.

    • @ceselb
      @ceselb 4 роки тому

      That's at least two hours too long.

  • @babyvision6924
    @babyvision6924 4 роки тому +1658

    Editor: Hey, maybe this week we could try something diff-
    Sam: *_₽ Ł Ä Ñ €_*

    • @slightlycrookedworkshop
      @slightlycrookedworkshop 4 роки тому +31

      Come on, it's been 5 videos since the last one about planes.

    • @diesistkeinname795
      @diesistkeinname795 4 роки тому +3

      @@slightlycrookedworkshop Wich is about the same as airlines that went bankrupt during that time lol

    • @niar69
      @niar69 4 роки тому +3

      Also Sam: Makes fun of Newark

    • @idonthaveaname3494
      @idonthaveaname3494 4 роки тому

      His name is Sam?

    • @Jake-rm4be
      @Jake-rm4be 4 роки тому

      AH YES PLANE

  • @alphateilchen_
    @alphateilchen_ 4 роки тому +238

    I don’t think anything at Cracker Barrel is gluten-free. Not even the souvenirs.

    • @MilwaukeeF40C
      @MilwaukeeF40C 4 роки тому +31

      I got diabetes from the peg game.

    • @shawnpeat
      @shawnpeat 4 роки тому +6

      I miss breakfast at Cracker Barrel since I got Celiac disease and have to eat strict gluten free diet, because I'm now so allergic to gluten that not doing so would kill me.Miss having a good chicken fried steak with country gravy too.

  • @azy83
    @azy83 4 роки тому +843

    I come here for the nostaligia of remembering we used to have airplanes

    • @miguelmontenegro3520
      @miguelmontenegro3520 4 роки тому +19

      Have you paid your respects for all of those small airlines slowly dying out today?

    • @Jake-rm4be
      @Jake-rm4be 4 роки тому +19

      Same I miss the game ‘outside’

    • @dotdankory
      @dotdankory 4 роки тому +14

      @@Jake-rm4be
      Yeah, the beautiful graphics, well the storyline is a bit weird, but I love the game

    • @avariciousaxolotl
      @avariciousaxolotl 4 роки тому +2

      Yes man that was so long ago I might only be young but I can’t remember the days of airplanes 😂. Seriously though that made me laugh HAI pin it

    • @ianh1504
      @ianh1504 4 роки тому +3

      i dunno about you but i still see a steady, neverending stream of airplanes landing at the airport near my house

  • @MidniteStarRider
    @MidniteStarRider 4 роки тому +76

    This the first time in my 20+ years living in Cape Girardeau that someone who doesn’t live there has mentioned it.

  • @mikefuquay9903
    @mikefuquay9903 4 роки тому +276

    Flight planning is the least of United's problems.

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 4 роки тому +7

      Mike Fuquay - you mean FIGHT PLANNING in the UNFRIENDLY SKIES?

  • @TurtleMarcus
    @TurtleMarcus 4 роки тому +118

    Five minutes into this, and I still trying to process what Cape Girardeau, Missouri has to do with anything ...

    • @jaysmith1408
      @jaysmith1408 4 роки тому +16

      I would deduce that it and dodge city both have municipal airfields served (at government expense under EAS) by United Express, and the air route between the two is excessively lengthy. What’s more is that you can get to Columbia direct from LaGuardia on both American and Delta Connection. What I’d like to know is why he wanted to fly into Columbia, when Augusta is far closer, and doesn’t have competition to New York.

  • @jonathanchun9151
    @jonathanchun9151 4 роки тому +370

    If he was rich enough, why didn't he just buy himself a private jet to go to his vacation home?

    • @ianr.1225
      @ianr.1225 4 роки тому +240

      Because that would have been HIS money, not NJ taxpayers' money.

    • @raynmanshorts9275
      @raynmanshorts9275 4 роки тому +103

      @@ianr.1225 It wasn't the taxpayer money. The taxpayer money paid for the subway extension that he was holding up until he got something out of it. It was the airline's money that paid for it so he would stop holding up the subway extension.

    • @justinoboyle5767
      @justinoboyle5767 4 роки тому +94

      @@raynmanshorts9275 The funny part is that the subway STILL doesn't go to Newark Airport. It only goes as far as Newark Penn Station, where you need to connect for another train. They're still building the airport extension THIS YEAR.

    • @Regimeshifts
      @Regimeshifts 4 роки тому +27

      didnt get rich by using his own money now did he?

    • @butwhowasmoto2739
      @butwhowasmoto2739 4 роки тому +18

      Rich?? He worked for the Port authority lmfao, hardly a millionaire job 🤣🤣

  • @owne6609
    @owne6609 4 роки тому +182

    Fun fact: there isnt a cracker barrel in dodge city

    • @ceruleanblade9016
      @ceruleanblade9016 4 роки тому +33

      You're lying, how would you know? You live in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

    • @Rager_U
      @Rager_U 4 роки тому +17

      ...much to Dodge City's credit.

    • @avariciousaxolotl
      @avariciousaxolotl 4 роки тому +6

      xD I used to live in Wichita Kansas besides wheat fields there isn’t much 😂. I now live is St.Ger.....

    • @a_eastcoast.pacer1
      @a_eastcoast.pacer1 4 роки тому +4

      I dont know, I dont even live In 'merica

    • @a_eastcoast.pacer1
      @a_eastcoast.pacer1 4 роки тому +1

      @@imeepp2959 no I dont, I'm British

  • @saltysteel3996
    @saltysteel3996 4 роки тому +283

    If the dude was that rich then he should have just bought a G5. Lol

    • @Freekymoho
      @Freekymoho 4 роки тому +47

      or even a private biplane honestly

    • @niklaspilot
      @niklaspilot 4 роки тому +35

      Or ANY OTHER private jet! Phenom 300, Latitude, Lear75 etc

    • @creativedesignation7880
      @creativedesignation7880 4 роки тому +72

      No, rich people don't spend their money, at least not as much as one would think since as we saw in this vid, for having the right connections they just get things. But yeah, capitalism is totally fair and everybody can make it xD

    • @tomsmith5584
      @tomsmith5584 4 роки тому +47

      Why pay for things when you can get other people to?

    • @dansands8140
      @dansands8140 4 роки тому +16

      Politicians aren't really allowed to get rich until they're out of office. It looks really bad being a zillionaire in office, usually. Which is both good and bad; good that we shut the stupid sons and daughters of billionaires out of politics, but we're also shutting the most successful people in our society out of leading it, too.

  • @claytonnunn8660
    @claytonnunn8660 4 роки тому +172

    And yet despite the horse mansion and bribery the worst part of this story is that he wanted to fly United.

    • @gregorychase7050
      @gregorychase7050 2 роки тому +12

      Probably the only airline corrupt enough to make the deal.

    • @dylanattix2765
      @dylanattix2765 2 роки тому +7

      @@gregorychase7050 It's the only major airline with a hub there. His other option for flying into Columbia was UPS Airlines (the only airline with a hub _there_), which is a cargo airline.

  • @CinemaDemocratica
    @CinemaDemocratica 4 роки тому +741

    It's official: Whatever Newark Airport did to Sam, he will never, *ever* forgive them for it.

    • @zjow1835
      @zjow1835 2 роки тому +6

      true

    • @chaitanyajavisetty
      @chaitanyajavisetty 2 роки тому +5

      I think they confiscate his "WHATEVERHEWANTED"

    • @tyrannosaurusimperator
      @tyrannosaurusimperator 2 роки тому +21

      There is a bus that runs every 5 minutes to transfer flight crews and passengers to the correct gate. I found this out by sitting next to the pilot for my flight (which changed gates and terminals 10 times in the past 5 hours) when he explained that his walking out to the end of a jetway and finding that his plane was not there was a common occurrence. The pilot, flight crew, and gate agent were all not told that the plane was actually in a different terminal.

    • @CinemaDemocratica
      @CinemaDemocratica 2 роки тому +4

      @@tyrannosaurusimperator Good grief.

    • @CyanideCarrot
      @CyanideCarrot 2 роки тому +1

      it existed

  • @tylermadison2073
    @tylermadison2073 3 роки тому +285

    Just imagine how more corrupt scandals like this are occurring without anyone knowing.

    • @Voron_Aggrav
      @Voron_Aggrav 2 роки тому +3

      where there's power, there's corruption, sometimes it'll lead to positive things, sometimes it leads to this colossal waste

    • @deusvult6920
      @deusvult6920 2 роки тому

      It's happening everywhere. The corrupt only get the slap on the wrist when they cross someone higher up the food chain

    • @sashakyse
      @sashakyse 2 роки тому +3

      especially in other countries

    • @truth.speaker
      @truth.speaker 2 роки тому +12

      in all fairness, this was airline fund being used to further the interests of the airline
      shareholder money was spent on shareholder interests. there's no way of knowing if this was a good purchase for the airline. $10,000 per week may seem a lot to burn, but the cost of lawyers, lobbyists and everything else that goes into getting a line extension may have been far greater than running an extra flight for a few years

    • @Mason11987
      @Mason11987 2 роки тому +8

      @@truth.speaker Oh for sure, I'm not sure I'd call this corruption by the airline, but definitely by the politician.

  • @F-Man
    @F-Man 4 роки тому +84

    Hey! As somebody whose local airport is Newark International, I’ll have you know that everything you’ve said about how terrible Newark Airport is is patently, blatantly, completely, and entirely...true. 😭

    • @TerjeMathisen
      @TerjeMathisen 2 роки тому +1

      Newark is perfectly OK as a connector, i.e. flying Europe-Newark-Salt Lake City (or San Juan PT). I've been through it 30+ times and only once did I ever leave the airport/United lounge while waiting.

    • @the.abhiram.r
      @the.abhiram.r Рік тому

      @@TerjeMathisen newark is depressing enough to fly out of so i can't begin to imagine the horrors of connecting through that cesspool

    • @NortheasternP.T.S.
      @NortheasternP.T.S. Рік тому +2

      @@the.abhiram.r Newark is fire because United is there. Think off all the planes that wouldn’t be there if United stop using it. I don’t care about the airport just the planes that use it and that they fly right over my house

  • @737215
    @737215 4 роки тому +193

    "Pretend you live in Cape Girardeau, Missouri"
    UA-camrs in Cape Girardeau, Missouri:
    *Observe*

  • @creamcracker0415
    @creamcracker0415 4 роки тому +30

    Well at least they made one customer happy

    • @jur4x
      @jur4x 4 роки тому +3

      which is rare for United

  • @laurentfargues8113
    @laurentfargues8113 4 роки тому +21

    I live in Europe. I've been in something like 50 international flights and yes, Newark Airport is the worst I ever visited. Not to mention this ridiculous Amtrak you have to take after that (now I systematically ask one pays me a taxi, this Amtrak is a prehistoric transportation device compared to European trains).

  • @ericBorja520
    @ericBorja520 4 роки тому +77

    People from Cape Girardeau: Now's my time to shine!

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 роки тому +36

    2:26 The City Subway! Which is now a part of the Newark Light Rail. I used to live in NJ so I know all about that Newark Elizabeth Link project to extend the light rail to EWR. Only a very small segment of the project has been opened, the Broad Street line that connects Newark Penn to Newark Broad Street stations, the two major stations of the city. The project has last been cited in 2016 but the rest of it has basically been cancelled. The PATH EWR extension project however (since it’s in the background and owned by the Port Authority), that will still happen and begin service in 2025

  • @bigmanbarrett6943
    @bigmanbarrett6943 4 роки тому +440

    This guys ability to sneakily transition into an add is hilarious.

    • @rafaelalodio5116
      @rafaelalodio5116 4 роки тому +7

      I know right, it is hard to believe he is the same guy from Wendover Productions, since he is so serious in the other channel.

    • @federicomorrone9583
      @federicomorrone9583 4 роки тому +6

      Linus Sebastian would like to know your location

    • @WyldWolfDragon
      @WyldWolfDragon 4 роки тому

      @@federicomorrone9583 // He's not Linus, i doubt he will drop anything, much less his location. xD

    • @johnliin
      @johnliin 4 роки тому +1

      @@rafaelalodio5116 wait Wendover productions? I don't see the similarities it's like he's a completely different person

    • @Jake-rm4be
      @Jake-rm4be 4 роки тому +4

      He just is the best at these god damned transitions

  • @laurenconrad1799
    @laurenconrad1799 4 роки тому +132

    “Why anyone would want to fly to Newark to begin with is baffling enough.” That cracked me up. I’m a native Bronxite and my dad once said to me, fly to LaGuardia or JFK or take a cab. I’m not schlepping to Newark to help you out. 🤣

  • @zanelintner1373
    @zanelintner1373 2 роки тому +18

    Not only do I live in cape girardeau, but I was walking downtown where the aerial photo in the beginning was taken when I first saw this video. Needless to say, I nearly freaked out in front of a bunch of old people who were just trying to walk their dogs.

  • @THEFIRE360
    @THEFIRE360 4 роки тому +31

    0:19 I'm sorry but when they made that stock footage, how do they not notice the book is upside-down

    • @TheNasaDude
      @TheNasaDude 4 роки тому +4

      It's clear that the filming crew, director, actors and everyone else involved was Australian

    • @rankovasek1987
      @rankovasek1987 3 роки тому

      stock footage is just always one huge mystery

  • @P7777-u7r
    @P7777-u7r 4 роки тому +8

    0:57
    This happens a lot with flights and is why people in less populated areas seem to always just suck it up and drive between those smaller towns

  • @jasonnelson5745
    @jasonnelson5745 4 роки тому +9

    2:03 it was a very sad day when all those passengers died in a firey wreck far away from where they were supposed to be

  • @jacksonrieger9594
    @jacksonrieger9594 4 роки тому +48

    It's funny because I literally do live in Cape Girardeau, Missouri!

  • @hareithZ
    @hareithZ 4 роки тому +32

    21s after posting, thank you UA-cam got its notifications better. Thanks for the vid!

    • @tzg5977
      @tzg5977 4 роки тому

      Lame 21 min

    • @jake9694
      @jake9694 4 роки тому

      Yay 23 minutes late notifications

  • @jakevinton2075
    @jakevinton2075 4 роки тому +16

    Did anybody notice that the airplane animation at 2:01 went far past the CD International Airport

    • @EngineeredFemale
      @EngineeredFemale 4 роки тому +3

      The plane crashed/landed probably in Alabama lol😂

  • @xlyflw
    @xlyflw 4 роки тому +46

    “2 hours from his creepy horse mansion”
    Never heard that phrase before

    • @richbarr5959
      @richbarr5959 4 роки тому +2

      "Two hours from" means "about 120 minutes from"...surprised you haven't come across it before.

  • @xrmoff
    @xrmoff 4 роки тому +17

    0:41 can we just acknowledge that he is gorgeous please

    • @mentalgiant5729
      @mentalgiant5729 4 роки тому +1

      that was my first gay thought that made me click on this video

  • @Aeyekay0
    @Aeyekay0 4 роки тому +14

    As someone who’s flown in and out of Newark on numerous occasions, this hits home lol

  • @xclaimer365
    @xclaimer365 4 роки тому +33

    I went to a Popeyes in Cape Girardeau while on a road trip once.

  • @centredoorplugsthornton4112
    @centredoorplugsthornton4112 4 роки тому +5

    Newark in a way has 2 subways. One is PATH to Jersey City, Hoboken and New York. The one you showed close up is the former city subway run by NJ Transit from the basement of Newark Penn Station. Totally different.
    Per Cape Girardeau to Dodge City, there's Amtrak service St Louis to Dodge City with a connection at Kansas City.

  • @mwjones71
    @mwjones71 4 роки тому +22

    I met Smisek a few times while a contractor in Houston (this was before Continental Airlines and United Airlines merged) he very much was a shifty guy then, unlike his two predecessors that were CEO of Continental Airlines before him) - oh, and it's pronounced Sm (like "small") Eye-Sec (like "secretary").
    His undoing by this was perfect ends to what he did to the company overall. And of course the Port Authority has continued to have corruption, even after the guy was removed (aka "Bridgegate")

    • @Ibelikemj
      @Ibelikemj 2 роки тому

      Lol my dad got rewarded by him at a gala in Chicago the year he got axed, even then there’s a photo of the two together and he looked shady as hell and fake.

  • @holasoyalejandro9822
    @holasoyalejandro9822 4 роки тому +162

    let’s see how he brings Toyota Corolla into this joke.
    wait wrong channel

    • @AidanJ___
      @AidanJ___ 4 роки тому +2

      Would’ve been funny 2 years ago lol

    • @Jake-rm4be
      @Jake-rm4be 4 роки тому +1

      The big funnys

  • @garrettord
    @garrettord 4 роки тому +19

    Got family that lives near Cape Girardeau, and we go there every year!

  • @Wesrl
    @Wesrl 4 роки тому +13

    2:06 that plane seem to go to Atlanta international airport instead which I guess is from a past video animation

    • @WanJae42
      @WanJae42 4 роки тому +2

      Even animated airplanes feel a homing instinct for Atlanta.

  • @BenderTheBoiler
    @BenderTheBoiler 4 роки тому +8

    I've totally taken one of these flights. I went down to Georgia and had a connection in sc it was cheap as hell and I had a whole row to lay down on haha. I still can't believe it. There was like 10 other passengers.

  • @pamirhimalaj1300
    @pamirhimalaj1300 4 роки тому +8

    Fun fact: Smisek means funny guy in Czech

    • @GdotWdot
      @GdotWdot 4 роки тому

      His great-grandfather was from Horní Bukovsko.

  • @severalwolves
    @severalwolves 4 роки тому +35

    4:31 “...our judicial system is built to bring law breaking billionaires to swift and uncompromising justice...”
    Yeah, this is easily the most incorrect sentence I’ve ever heard.

  • @Moos1005
    @Moos1005 4 роки тому +6

    I spent the whole second half of the video wondering why I should care about Newark and Aiken when I'm living far away in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

  • @samlauer8855
    @samlauer8855 4 роки тому +7

    Cape girardeau’s only commercial flight now is to Chicago and Dodge city’s is now to only Denver

  • @Vinny_The_Hat
    @Vinny_The_Hat 4 роки тому +68

    This video make me big happey!!!

  • @yoyoland8461
    @yoyoland8461 3 роки тому +8

    It always astonishes me when people don’t just drive short distances 😂😂 but I live in Texas and a 10-14 hour drive is normal and we haven’t even left Texas yet 🤣🤣

  • @slightlycrookedworkshop
    @slightlycrookedworkshop 4 роки тому +4

    The only time I've ever been to Newark was about 20 years ago, when I was 16. I was actually going to NYC but the flight was rerouted. Only 6 people were getting off the plane in NYC so, the airline decided to hire limos to drive everyone to their destination.

  • @spam2908
    @spam2908 Рік тому +1

    The only use I could think of for this route is college students. A TON of New Yorkers/New Jerseyans go to the University of South Carolina. But a lot of them take the bus to Charlotte anyway, plus no one wants to fly from newark

    • @fhays86
      @fhays86 Рік тому

      It would be convenient for the Masters in Augusta which is 45 min away

  • @Edit-nk6nb
    @Edit-nk6nb 4 роки тому +150

    "Saving the planet is everyones duty :)" whilst this CEO organises a plane to fly every week just to save himself 90 minutes.

  • @kentfrederick8929
    @kentfrederick8929 4 роки тому

    My 8th grade English teacher was from Cape Girardeau. She said it was the biggest city between St. Louis and Memphis.

  • @nesfan8
    @nesfan8 4 роки тому +4

    Someone really need to make a compilation of all the times Sam has roasted Newark at this point

  • @racool911
    @racool911 4 роки тому +14

    Oh, so that’s why the subway comes over to here in New Jersey. Gotta admit, it’s pretty handy

    • @legowagfles7287
      @legowagfles7287 4 роки тому +1

      Pretty sure he’s talking about the Newark Light Rail, since the pic is from there

    • @legowagfles7287
      @legowagfles7287 4 роки тому +2

      And that subway has a name, it’s called the PATH. But since he showed two different things I guess we’ll never know what project he’s talking about

    • @ecoRfan
      @ecoRfan 4 роки тому +2

      Lego Wagfles
      PATH stands for Port Authority trans-Hudson. Yes, that Port Authority. PATH goes as far south/west as downtown Newark. The airport is further south of there. United wants direct one seat train access to the Big Apple instead of people transferring several times.

  • @georgesmith1172
    @georgesmith1172 3 роки тому +1

    I heard the same thing about Hartford (UK) railway station, which was saved by closure as it was the local station of one of the members of the British Railways Board, who commuted from there to London regularly

  • @dantearaujo9703
    @dantearaujo9703 4 роки тому +8

    Just imagine the social bubble your live in to imagine that a weird flight like this couldn't get any attention

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 роки тому +2

    HAI talking about Newark? Oh boy here we go

  • @joeanonimous1105
    @joeanonimous1105 4 роки тому +3

    I can confirm that there is a small airport in WV that at one point, years ago, according to the OAG Flight Guide, had three flights per week IN, and one flight per week OUT. I figured that every airplane in the world would end up there unless we could build at least two new ones every week to replace the lost ones :-)

  • @Bebeu4300
    @Bebeu4300 4 роки тому +1

    2:02 Beautiful animation there

  • @noahmerideth
    @noahmerideth 4 роки тому +6

    Yooo I work at Cape Girardeau’s airport and can conform our flight schedule sucks and our town is crusty

  • @caralhoguy
    @caralhoguy 4 роки тому +3

    I love how a comment of a guy who lives in Cape Girardeau is on top of a comment from a guy saying imagine living there

    • @markodom3841
      @markodom3841 4 роки тому

      The most famous guy ever from Cape Girardeau now lives in south Florida.

  • @user-ov2fc5sd1e
    @user-ov2fc5sd1e 4 роки тому +5

    1:19 niqqa called it niche flight routes

  • @leoremon7385
    @leoremon7385 2 роки тому +1

    I live in Columbia and this video was a revelation to me. Because anytime I’ve had to fly, I have to drive up to Charlotte even though we have a decent airport here.

  • @jaysmith1408
    @jaysmith1408 3 роки тому +17

    Just saying, United could have farmed it out to sky west and flown it on a 37 seat Dash-8, 25 people would actually have made a profit.

    • @g-man3785
      @g-man3785 2 роки тому +1

      I wonder if this was specifically avoided because it may raise suspicions at SkyWest.

    • @jaysmith1408
      @jaysmith1408 2 роки тому +4

      @@g-man3785 I don’t think it would have mattered particularly, because they would be getting a nice cheque from United, and not a suspiciously small amount of people on such an aircraft on such a route.

  • @hereintheair1839
    @hereintheair1839 4 роки тому +1

    Wow you finally made an aviation video! This is awesome, never seen you done this before

  • @aq8048
    @aq8048 4 роки тому +77

    I thought this was about Manchester United but forgot this guy was american.

    • @TSNam
      @TSNam 4 роки тому +1

      I think he's actually a Canuck

    • @chris-8597
      @chris-8597 4 роки тому +5

      And he’s the plane loving HAI, so of course it’s the airline United lmao

    • @DantevanGemert
      @DantevanGemert 4 роки тому

      @@TSNam Huh, reallly? How come he always has such US-centered videos?

    • @hewhohasnoidentity4377
      @hewhohasnoidentity4377 4 роки тому

      @@DantevanGemert the demographics on UA-cam are mostly United States, so he does what retains viewers.

    • @seneca983
      @seneca983 4 роки тому

      Was the CEO of Manchester United fired due to a twice-weekly flight? I want to hear that story.

  • @stratis722
    @stratis722 4 роки тому +2

    0:49 *"Get the hell out of Dodge" really comes into play here*

  • @JRBearBites
    @JRBearBites 4 роки тому +3

    4:30 Very convincing actor

  • @chrisash7948
    @chrisash7948 4 роки тому +1

    I used to live in Cape a few years ago. Spent most of my life in the Poplar Bluff area/Dexter area.

    • @GhostDream15
      @GhostDream15 4 роки тому

      This is the first comment I can 100% confirm is telling the truth.

  • @deukob
    @deukob 4 роки тому +5

    2:00 The airplane slightly overshot Charlotte, no?

  • @legowagfles7287
    @legowagfles7287 4 роки тому +2

    Correction: The City Subway (light rail) you showed isn’t the PATH, they are two different things. The light rail and PATH both had projects to be extended to EWR

  • @Tesseract_King
    @Tesseract_King 4 роки тому +3

    Creepy Horse Mansion is my favorite Frank Zappa album.

  • @LARAUJO_0
    @LARAUJO_0 4 роки тому +3

    I like how the text in the thumbnail lines up so perfectly
    Time: The *Twice-Weekly*
    Date: Flight that got a
    Name: *United Airlines CEO*
    Dest: *Fired*

  • @kneegga4677
    @kneegga4677 4 роки тому +8

    Who else is still confused everytime HAI, Real Life Lore and Wendover Production upload a video?
    Like "Is this the Planes dude the bricks dude or the Toyota dude?"
    Are all of them the same?

    • @klugkluk
      @klugkluk 4 роки тому

      HAI and Wendover are the same person.

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 4 роки тому

      Knee gga - nope, Real Life Lore is a different guy. "Sam The Snark" do have both Wendover and HAI...

  • @Dirk80241
    @Dirk80241 3 роки тому +1

    Very good! Entertaining, especially how you connect it seamlessly to Brilliant!

  • @pinecone27
    @pinecone27 4 роки тому +14

    Last time I was this early I could go outside :(

  • @squareroot_49
    @squareroot_49 4 роки тому

    I just got to say. I love the hook and transition from your informative section of your video to your promotional for the advertisement

  • @kevinb9407
    @kevinb9407 4 роки тому +3

    You know, the older I get the more I think that the business world is just like an elementary school playground when I hear stories like this....

    • @squidcultist0022
      @squidcultist0022 2 роки тому +1

      Well, it mostly consists of people who've never been told "no" in their life so it makes sense they'd act like small children

  • @De1taTarkov
    @De1taTarkov 4 роки тому +2

    Astronaut: So it's all Cape Girardeau?
    Astronaut 2: Always was

  • @Alex64AS
    @Alex64AS 4 роки тому +6

    He always tries to find a way to insult Newark airport.

  • @TheMountainLynx
    @TheMountainLynx 2 роки тому +1

    Nobody WANTS to fly to Newark, but we go there because that's where the layover is.

  • @wamsang7818
    @wamsang7818 4 роки тому +6

    HAI: releases video
    Me: I AM SPEED

  • @ramengod5768
    @ramengod5768 4 роки тому +1

    God I've been in dodge City and we'll it feels good to have it mentioned by one of my favorite UA-camrs

  • @butler-macdonald8351
    @butler-macdonald8351 3 роки тому +5

    When this whole lockdown narrative runs its course, I'm gonna go on a trip to Cape Girardeau. Any suggestions for tourists?

  • @EdwardPasternak
    @EdwardPasternak 2 роки тому +2

    Sam: "corrupt politician"
    Me: "Please don't say New Jersey, please don't say New Jersey."
    Sam: "from New Jersey "
    Me: "Damn it New Jersey! I thought we talked about this!"

  • @StackableGoldMC
    @StackableGoldMC 2 роки тому +6

    As a programmer, I have to say it’s nice knowing how some things work. But it can seem to take the magic out of it sometimes as well.

  • @untitledkingdom
    @untitledkingdom 4 роки тому +1

    Sam: "Well, if *you* want to..."
    Me: "closes browser window*

  • @OldestHouse
    @OldestHouse 4 роки тому +3

    0:17 bruh these kids are "reading" the book backwards

    • @normanyerby2009
      @normanyerby2009 3 роки тому

      That's why Mom would hand me books upside down.

  • @loyaaheibam6277
    @loyaaheibam6277 4 роки тому

    I love how the narrator is sarcastic and very informative at the same time

  • @FingeringThings
    @FingeringThings 4 роки тому +6

    Tfw the government takes more action against United Airline employees than the company itself

  • @Aetius_of_Astora
    @Aetius_of_Astora 4 роки тому

    Didn't realize how large the island in bend of the river had gotten. Pretty cool to see it from above instead of from the bridge

  • @crazy808ish
    @crazy808ish 2 роки тому +4

    4:25 What law-breaking was he doing by running a flight in his own company that lost money? Like I get being fired because United wouldn't have liked that very much, but I don't think it's breaking any laws to do that. No more than if he had a private jet and wasted all that time and fuel himself.

    • @X.Y.Z.07
      @X.Y.Z.07 2 роки тому

      Bribery charges maybe?

    • @crazy808ish
      @crazy808ish 2 роки тому +1

      @@X.Y.Z.07 Maybe. I know it's illegal to bribe a govt official, but I don't think it's the same to bribe a CEO. But maybe it doesn't matter since they were both in it? idk.

    • @AnthonyGerardiAndroidWare
      @AnthonyGerardiAndroidWare 2 роки тому

      Deceiving the shareholders

    • @allentom97
      @allentom97 2 роки тому +1

      @@crazy808ish but it was though, United CEO basically bribing the official to sign off the light transit at Newark by offering the flights

  • @CVGS
    @CVGS 4 роки тому

    Gosh!! Your transitions especially in HAI are just phenomenal.......I was, for a sec, shocked to think Computer science knowledge could really help in setting a deal with United airlines!!!

  • @AidSlashAssist
    @AidSlashAssist 4 роки тому +4

    Damn last time I came this early my wife left me