flying has made no progress since the 60's. planes still crawl along and it takes me 6 hours to get to the East Coast. I'll be wow'd when they make some progres

flying has made no progress since the 60's. planes still crawl along and it takes me 6 hours to get to the East Coast. I'll be wow'd when they make some progress beyond allowing me to listen to my music during take off. The price of a cross-country fare, adjusted for inflation, is a small fraction of what it used to be. The planes themselves are massively more fuel-efficient, reliable and safe. You have on-board live television and internet on many flights. These are all significant gains. Meanwhile, passengers voted with their wallets on supersonic airliners; the time saved (4-4.5 hours on a transatlantic Concorde flight) were not seen as worth the significantly higher fares.