Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since the 1960s? (2009)

Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by llm_trw on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:26PM (#43007241)

The summer of 9/11 I brought on a full suit of hoplite armor with shield and spear on board a regional plane. The stewardess told me I can't have it in the passenger compartment so I should just give it to the pilot before takeoff.

I'm not saying that we should let people board in full armor again, but surely there is a happy medium?

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by oceanplexian on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:35PM (#43007334)

I have vivid memories from childhood hugging my grandma before flying right at the gate. Unfortunately people have a short memory. Kids these days will have no memory of how free of a country we lived in even 25 years ago.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by selectodude on Monday February 10, 2025 @09:29PM (#43008293)

On the contrary, not having to hang out with somebody at the airport before they leave is such a gift.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by scarface_74 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @12:51AM (#43009417)

Buy a refundable ticket, go through security, cancel ticket.

People do it all of the time for other reasons.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by saagarjha on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @05:29AM (#43011164)

I’d rather we could have nice things.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by scarface_74 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @09:03AM (#43012811)

And the airport is already crowded. The last thing we need are people not even flying anywhere.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by saagarjha on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @05:19AM (#43023855)

They'd be less crowded if you didn't have to show up 3 hours early

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by scarface_74 on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @08:18AM (#43025110)

So now are we saying that there should be no security? Do you not remember when there was literally an average of one hijacking per day?

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by bee_rider on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:32PM (#43007310)

You just didn’t know there was a Sky Legionnaire up there ready to mess you up if you started anything.

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