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Yeah and it was an absurdly expensive activity limited to rich people
by tt24 5mo ago
Yeah and it was an absurdly expensive activity limited to rich people
- bsder 5mo agoAnd most families only had a single car prior to 1980. What's your point? Did airlines get cheaper due to deregulation or because technology and engineering made operating them cheaper?
- SecretDreams 5mo agoOr as simple as incomes crept up and airlines reduced some amenities - both allowing for increased ridership which helped to reduce per head costs.
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- tt24 5mo agoProbably mostly deregulation and a little bit the latter
- jollyllama 5mo agoYou say that, but flying economy was much better back then. Less fights, more legroom. You've got to fly business today to get close.
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- SpicyLemonZest 5mo agoIt was better because the Civil Aeronautics Board did not allow price competition, so the cost of economy tickets was much too high, on some routes reaching the inflation-adjusted level of business class tickets today.
- tt24 5mo agoYeah and economy class was absurdly expensive and limited to rich people
- jollyllama 5mo agoI'd contend that inflation adjusted, the average flyer won out.