Continental Express

I took a Continental Express flight from Grand Rapids to Philly last week.  Rode on the Embraer, and one of the first thing I noticed was this.  

Granted, it's a feeder airline, but apparently, in some parts of Continental, it's already United time.  There were still a few planes in Cleveland that were marked Continental Express, but the change has begun, and you could tell with the service too.

But it was really a tale of two flights.  On the first leg of the flight, the stewardess attempted to be funny, but just plain fell flat, and her attitude was really horrible.  I mean quite literally, the woman was trying to make jokes, and when the passenger attempted to make a cute little remark, this woman audibly responded whatever.  

The second flight though couldn't be more different, still an Embraer, the flight attendant was an old guy, cracked jokes like he was flying for Southwest.  Responded well to passengers comments, very friendly fella by the name of Vincent, flying from Cleveland to Philly.  Offered up great service, and made it a generally more enjoyable flight.  I didn't pay attention, but I wouldn't be surprised if the logo on that one was still marked Continental Express. 

Finally, one interesting picture as we were banking over the field over Grand Rapids, it was really cold.  I think the blue amplifies this very nicely.