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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by eleveriven on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @03:59AM (#43010557)
Yep, speed is a luxury, but affordability and safety are necessities
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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by psytrancefan on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @07:02AM (#43011846)
We take the affordability completely for granted also.

It looks like in the 70s a flight from NY to LA was $1000 USD adjusted for inflation.

My grandfather took a flight one time in his life, near the end of his life. Why? Because most of his life he couldn't afford it.

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