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Are Intact Airplanes Too Much For The Shrinking Middle Class To Ask For?
thefederalist.com ^ | 1/12/2024 | PEACHY KEENAN

Posted on 01/25/2024 8:25:52 PM PST by bitt

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To: FarCenter

“It all went downhill after the Airline Deregulation Act”

It’s arguable. I know, FOR SURE, that I would not have been able to do nearly the amount of travel that I have done if airline prices were still set at the levels they were before prices were decontrolled. Basically discretionary airline travel was for the rich and top levels of the Upper Middle Class, which is well above my level.

...and even back then, the fatal accident rate was FAR HIGHER than today. But I do admit, more legroom and better service then!


21 posted on 01/26/2024 3:55:14 AM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: cgbg

“It worked on me”

Not on me, between Pre-Check, Globalist Entry, and sometimes Premium Economy, I’m fine traveling, and about the only thing now, for people using the above, is the constraint on liquids.

I’ll only stop traveling when the government now longer permits me to travel.


22 posted on 01/26/2024 3:59:22 AM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: bitt

I don’t see anything wrong with airline pilots asking Google for landing instructions instead of bothering a DEI ditz. Better yet, turn the whole air traffic control process over to AI. What could possibly go wrong? /s


23 posted on 01/26/2024 4:08:33 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "democracy" like trying to throw your opponent in jail.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Precisely.


24 posted on 01/26/2024 5:03:31 AM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: bitt
Most safe is the late night Soul Plane out of Chicago.

NOt only do they have a continuous party on board, but the people are great.



Boing 747


TSA Boarding Process:


25 posted on 01/26/2024 5:06:02 AM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom Trum p Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: bitt

Peachy is a pitiful joke.


26 posted on 01/26/2024 5:07:57 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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To: bitt

Leftism destroys everything it touches.


27 posted on 01/26/2024 6:22:45 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: bitt

So long as the important people have private planes, YOUR concerns mean nothing.

Nothing.

Want a change? New law mandating DEI for all private planes. Cockpit must match society in NYC.


28 posted on 01/26/2024 8:52:03 AM PST by bobbo666 (Baizuo, )
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between Pre-Check, Globalist Entry, and sometimes Premium Economy

Funny thing, though...

When I recently flew out of New York's LaGuardia Airport, the pre-check line at security was longer than the Premier line for First Class passengers! The only difference was that I had to take my shoes and belt off on the Premier line.

-PJ

29 posted on 01/26/2024 8:56:19 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: sauropod

Yes, thanks…


30 posted on 01/26/2024 11:26:49 AM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: FarCenter

I remember flying in the regulated airline days. But what people forget is how expensive flying was. If you index for inflation, an old regular seat was much more expensive than today’s first class seat.


31 posted on 01/26/2024 2:34:09 PM PST by fini
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