[C. Edmund Wright]

my part of the free market is flying first class/business class. It’s very comfortable. First on, first off.

Now, where you are cynical, is you are looking at the whole thing as an adversarial relationship, not a win win.....and no successful business in the planet’s history has been anything BUT a win/win - for the business and it’s customers.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Actually, I love your approach. That's exactly what I'm looking for as a consumer - a win-win. If it's a good company, and I can get good quality goods or services from them, I'm happy to pay a bit more. I've flown Ryanair before in Europe. Sometimes this kind of ‘economy’ just isn't worth it. Plus, with all the add-ons they have (costs for baggage etc.), you wind up not doing as well as you thought you might anyway. But, if I were 21 and looking to travel cheap, I'd probably go with them.