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Originally Posted by ASAP
I have a few more questions-
Why has airline travel in the US gotten so horribly bad? I thought it was absolutely awful pre covid, then after covid it was an absolute downward spiral. Consistently on the news you see shit shows with airline staffing, overbooked flights, faa outages, old systems not being able to keep up and the whole experience has just gotten horrid?
Does anyone believe we should have an airline that is partially state owned to shake things up?
Should we have better passenger protection laws? i.e. airplane flight delays and you get your money back? This is already in place in Europe.
Should there be far more govt regulation? Current dot and faa are massively outdated and appear to be doing nothing.
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This is the sometimes dark side of the profit motive and you can thank Jimmy Carter for that. Things changed big-time when he
deregulated the
airline industry.
Here's the last paragraph of the above article:
Since deregulation, travelers have benefited from low fares and more frequent service on heavily traveled routes; on other routes, fares have risen. But in exchange for low fares, passengers have had to sacrifice convenience and amenities. What would you be willing to sacrifice for a cheaper fare?