Re:Air travel is going to be very bad, for a very long time
by ghaff on Monday May 11, 2020 @09:25AM
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Are you suggesting that many/most people don't buy airline tickets primarily based on price? Airlines would be happy to fly all business class planes if that's what customers wanted. (And it's been tried but mostly isn't what people are willing to pay for.)
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Re:Air travel is going to be very bad, for a very long time
by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Monday May 11, 2020 @09:35AM
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Price has always been a factor. It is a non-trivial amount for any international travel. The old country business travel can easily reach beyond what is reasonable. And I evaluate my trips based on cost and comfort ( I am way too old now to travel 12+ hours squashed ).
But you are, overall, wrong. The goal is, and always has been, milking. Extracting maximum of milk with a minimum of moo. The current breed of travellers are docile and compliant ( I honestly don't know my parents would have been able to pull some of things they did today ).
Consumers are idiots. I sometimes wonder if they even saw how things could be.