I'd love to pay 1.5x the cost of a normal airline ticket if airlines removed half the seats and gave more space, but there are several reasons that they don't/w

I'd love to pay 1.5x the cost of a normal airline ticket if airlines removed half the seats and gave more space, but there are several reasons that they don't/won't do that. First class tickets usually cost 2.5x-3.5x the cost of a coach-class seat, which is pretty hard to justify for any middle-class patron. The massive costs required to enter the market prevent fresh competition and fresh models, and we really need to find a way to fix that.