SEA-TOL on ATA

I promised to post a trip report for my return flight on ATA. To copy Julie’s five-word format: Noisy, crowded, cramped, and sleepless. I won’t say that I’d never fly ATA again, but I certainly will avoid their redeye ex SEA like the plague. It leaves an hour later than everyone else’s, yet it arrives earlier than DL’s flight to ATL or NW’s to DTW, and the chatter of all the folks who are too excited to sleep is maddening. By contrast, my TechEd flight from TOL-CVG-DFW on Delta was a delight: on time, uncrowded (thanks to a last-minute upgrade at the CVG departure gate), and full of the friendly, professional attention that I’ve always enjoyed about Delta.