> Small-minded attitudes like yours would have kept us living in caves because people in mud huts were the "undeserving rich".
Not having such cheap flights might ultimately have been for the better. Flying has become very cheap, but we're not paying the true cost in terms of environmental damage.
Re:The Revival of Concorde
by superuser2 on Saturday September 19, 2015 @03:32PM
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As far as international air travel, I've never seen a flight from the US to Europe for less than $1,000. That's a damn expensive airport meal.
Short-haul commuter flights are a different thing entirely.
Really? I routinely travel to US to Europe for between $600 and $800. Still not an airport meal but not that insane.
A flight between any two European countries is still international. €10 + taxes flights are easy to find.
Did you ever hear the term "jet set" used to describe the glamorous social elite, well that term comes from the days when international air travel was the exclusive preserve of the super rich. Nowadays you can jump on a plane for less than the cost of a meal at the airport (+ taxes of course). Small-minded attitudes like yours would have kept us living in caves because people in mud huts were the "undeserving rich".