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The airport is owned by the government. The buck stops there. This is a clear case of corruption.

throwawaybbq1 4y ago
If you want simple data, lets look at the price of bottled water or soda at an airport (I usually bring an empty with me but not the point). It is priced the freakin same across every eatery. No collusion?
- chiefalchemist 4y ago
  Like entiries with like goals will conduct themselve similarly. The market defines what it will bear. They don't need to collude.
- woodruffw 4y ago
  There’s no collusion if they’re all owned by the same vendor, which is common (and pointed out in TFA). The problem then isn’t collusion; it’s that the agencies responsible for ensuring fair airport pricing are captured by the businesses that they’re supposed to regulate.
  - wahnfrieden 4y ago
    Sounds typical. Not an airport specific problem
- tinus_hn 4y ago
  > (I usually bring an empty with me but not the point) I’ve been in airports where the toilets behind security have ‘courtesy’ warm water at the faucets
  - account42 4y ago
    Go to any airport an Asia and you will find plenty of drinking water fountains. Sure, sometimes the cold water is broken but at least it's sanitary drinking water. Meanwhile Frankfurt tells you that the tap water in the restrooms is safe to drink. Absolutely absurd that Airports where you are effectively stuck for possibly hours and are paying for that priviledge can get away with not having to provide basic neccessities.
- squirtlebonflow 4y ago
  No it's not.
InitialLastName 4y ago
In this case (and the root of some of the problem) is that it's not even "the government" that owns the airport. The airports are operated by the Port Authority of NY and NJ, which is an extra-governmental slush-fund-distributor that isn't meaningfully accountable to either state government, the NYC government, or any of the relevant NJ municipal governments. There is nothing meaningful that voters can do to affect change in the organization, so nothing is likely to change.

If you want simple data, lets look at the price of bottled water or soda at an airport (I usually bring an empty with me but not the point). It is priced the freakin same across every eatery. No collusion?

chiefalchemist 4y ago
Like entiries with like goals will conduct themselve similarly. The market defines what it will bear. They don't need to collude.
woodruffw 4y ago
There’s no collusion if they’re all owned by the same vendor, which is common (and pointed out in TFA). The problem then isn’t collusion; it’s that the agencies responsible for ensuring fair airport pricing are captured by the businesses that they’re supposed to regulate.
- wahnfrieden 4y ago
  Sounds typical. Not an airport specific problem
tinus_hn 4y ago
> (I usually bring an empty with me but not the point) I’ve been in airports where the toilets behind security have ‘courtesy’ warm water at the faucets
- account42 4y ago
  Go to any airport an Asia and you will find plenty of drinking water fountains. Sure, sometimes the cold water is broken but at least it's sanitary drinking water. Meanwhile Frankfurt tells you that the tap water in the restrooms is safe to drink. Absolutely absurd that Airports where you are effectively stuck for possibly hours and are paying for that priviledge can get away with not having to provide basic neccessities.
squirtlebonflow 4y ago
No it's not.

InitialLastName 4y ago

In this case (and the root of some of the problem) is that it's not even "the government" that owns the airport. The airports are operated by the Port Authority of NY and NJ, which is an extra-governmental slush-fund-distributor that isn't meaningfully accountable to either state government, the NYC government, or any of the relevant NJ municipal governments. There is nothing meaningful that voters can do to affect change in the organization, so nothing is likely to change.