After a horrendous air travel experience, one man sent an awesomely sarcastic complaint letter to the Caribbean airline responsible for it. Thanks to a little help from social media, that letter has since gone viral.<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/01/liat-complaint-letter-arthur-hicks-branson_n_3529385.html">The Huffington Post</a> has more on the letters origins:<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 18px 30px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, HelveticaNeue, Verdana, sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#555555;">In a post dated June 28, the head of the Virgin Group shared a complaint letter titled An open letter to LIAT that originally appeared in the BVI Beacon, a newspaper in the British Virgin Islands. LIAT is a Caribbean airline with destinations primarily in the Lesser Antilles, and according to the less-than-pleased passenger Arthur Hicks, with a circuitous route map.[/QUOTE]We present Arthur Hickss <a href="http://bvibeacon.com/2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3357:an-open-letter-to-liat&catid=659:commentary-april-18-2013">letter</a> in its entirety:<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 18px 30px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, HelveticaNeue, Verdana, sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#555555;">Dear LIAT,May I say how considerate it is of you to enable your passengers such an in-depth and thorough tour of the Caribbean.Most other airlines I have [traveled] on would simply wish to take me from point A to B in rather a hurry. I was intrigued that we were allowed to stop at not a lowly one or two but a magnificent six airports yesterday. And who wants to fly on the same airplane the entire time? We got to change and refuel every step of the way!I particularly enjoyed sampling the security scanners at each and every airport. I find it preposterous that people imagine them all to be the same. And as for being patted down by a variety of islanders, well, I feel as if Ive been hugged by most of the Caribbean already.I also found it unique that this was all done on island time, because I do like to have time to absorb the atmosphere of the various departure lounges. As for our arrival, well, who wants to have to take a ferry at the end of all that flying anyway? Im glad the boat was long gone by the time we arrived into Tortola last night and that all those noisy bars and restaurants were closed.So thank you, LIAT. I now truly understand why you are The Caribbean Airline.P.S. Keep the bag. I never liked it anyway.[/QUOTE]The hilarious complaint letter earned viral status after Sir Richard Branson tweeted it to his more than 3 million followers on Twitter. How to write a complaint letter read this hilarious note from a frustrated airline passenger, he wrote.
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