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Airline travel has certainly become a lot shittier since I first began flying in the 1970s. In fact, it used to be comfortable, cool, fun, and glamorous, and th
by jononomo 3y ago
Airline travel has certainly become a lot shittier since I first began flying in the 1970s. In fact, it used to be comfortable, cool, fun, and glamorous, and the stewardesses used to be beautiful and polite.
- onlyrealcuzzo 3y agoAdjusted for inflation - flights are 15% cheaper today. The largest input in a flight is fuel - and that's 3x more expensive today, adjusted for inflation. Also, the taxes on flights are much higher today. It's not a surprise you could offer a much better product for 15% more money, significantly less taxes, and ~45% of your cost being 3x cheaper.
- zeroonetwothree 3y agoFlying used to be expensive and rarely done by most people. Now around 50% of Americans fly every year. It went from an elite product to a commodity. Anyway first class is still pretty comfortable IMO. And airports are much nicer than before.
- jononomo 3y agoAirports are not much nicer than they were before -- at least not in the US. Also, the fact that friends and family cannot go through security basically outweighs any number of luxury goods stores dotting the terminals.