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Were middle class people really flying around that much in the 60s and 70s? I have no idea but I feel like they weren't
by EricDeb 4y ago
Were middle class people really flying around that much in the 60s and 70s? I have no idea but I feel like they weren't
- MandieD 4y agoPretty sure that middle class Americans rarely flew before deregulation in the late 70s. My mom's middle class parents packed the kids up in the car and took a few epic road trips to visit family in other parts of the country in the 60s - flying would have been unimaginable.
- jeromegv 4y agoFlying got 50% cheaper after deregulation. Before that, it was definitely more of a upper middle class thing. Going to Europe for a couple weeks was definitely not common. https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2022/06/economic-regulation-of-the-commercial-aviation-sector-and-the-1978-airline-deregulation-act/ https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2022/06/economic-regulation-of-the... But somehow people think that "things were so much better before"
- ghaff 4y ago>But somehow people think that "things were so much better before" Because they often were for the upper middle class. But not really. A lot of people today would be horrified by the grocery stores of the 60s/70s, the safety standards of cars, etc.
- BeFlatXIII 4y agoThe upper middle class were the ones well-off enough to have flown in the 60s/70s but still price-sensitive enough to penny-pinch themselves into misery after deregulation.
- greedo 4y agoFlying was definitely better back before de-regulation. Google Pan American and look at how big the seats were and the food served. Much better, but roughly 4x the price (comparing LAX to Heathrow).
- bombcar 4y agoIf you pay inflation adjusted prices do you get a similar experience today? But even first class is ass compared to some of the pictures you see.