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I don't follow. Nationalization might add more slack, and more resilience, but it'll be so much more costly to operate. Airlines run on very thin margins, so n

I don't follow. Nationalization might add more slack, and more resilience, but it'll be so much more costly to operate. Airlines run on very thin margins, so need to optimize heavily. We just need to accept that we can either get "affordable" tickets with occasional meltdowns or we go back to 30 years ago and pay double price for tickets but have more resilience. The market as a whole has already resoundingly chosen the former. Safely flying humans in metal structures is just really expensive and the current ticket prices pretty much reflect the real cost (and even ignore the climate externalities)

noobermin 4y ago
> I don't follow. Nationalization might add more slack, and more resilience, but it'll be so much more costly to operate. Who cares? The point of nationalization is costs don't matter, we just see it as a cost we bear because transportation is important for civilization. The primary mode (for better or worse) in the US is public (roads) and that "cost" is not covered by anyone.