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The cost compared to the 1960s seems to be much higher. Even for "people with money".

• 0xffff2 4y ago
  It really isn't though. Yes, the GA fleet is extremely old, but the inflation-adjusted cost of a PPL is pretty much exactly what it was in the 1960s.
  • kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
    Inflation adjusted wages aren't.
    • cdot2 4y ago
      Median per capita inflation adjusted income has steadily risen since WW2 https://united-states.reaproject.org/analysis/comparative-trends-analysis/per_capita_personal_income/tools/0/0/ https://united-states.reaproject.org/analysis/comparative-tr...
      • api 4y ago
        It feels like it hasn’t because of real estate and other baseline things that have inflated a lot.