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Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by jandrese on Monday January 06, 2020 @02:11PM (#21972086)
It's more like a $800 difference in ticket price. People forget just how expensive it was to fly back before deregulation. A ticket that cost $600 in 1980 dollars goes for $300 today.
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Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by hackernewsboy on Monday January 06, 2020 @02:54PM (#21972548)
Think about computers. Apple Machintosh costed $2000, now ... Why airplane industry cannot behave like computer industry?
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Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by jen20 on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:01PM (#21972639)
According to Wikipedia, the original Mac 128k had a launch price of $2495 in 1984, equating to approximately $6100 in 2019 USD). I'd say they're behaving very similarly?
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Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by peteradio on Monday January 06, 2020 @02:40PM (#21972384)
> A ticket that cost $600 in 1980 dollars goes for $300 today.

I'm not sure that is a universal positive.

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