Good question.
About a dozen of the videos of passenger fights this past year have shown people with something in common with Black Lives Matter. So a crackdown on BLM could save airline passengers some trouble at the same time.
I distinctly remember George F. Will saying on a TV panel in the 1980s the reason for overcrowding at airports and on planes is that once only the wealthy could afford to fly and now “the lower orders can afford it.”
later, when the prices dropped he said it was like riding the bus....any slob could afford the ticket and fly.
IIRC about half of the cost of an airline ticket is taxes. They have been disincentivizing travel by airplane for a number of years.
—”once only the wealthy could afford to fly and now “the lower orders can afford it.”
A recent article noted that most airplane troublemakers could not afford to pay a fine.
I think that may be a codded message?
From my high and lofty place, in the airline scheme of things, I observed that the Greyhound Bus Stations had been emptied and that flying was no longer the orderly, “nicely dressed folks in the cabin experience” it had been.
Sitting next to a man, who was dressed like he had just left the gym and having to “enjoy” his hairy legs, armpits and odor meant flying was no longer the luxury it once was.
Do the math folks. It is SO much cheaper to fly today and it is the airline’s fault that the “undressed” show up, flip flops and all. It is revenue and the “load factor” has to be over 90% to pay for that Jumbo Jet! It used to be 50% or better, resulted in profit!
Now, How do we like flying “coast to coast,” wearing an unhealthy mask for two hours in the airport, to 5+ hours in the airplane?
And our airline falls in line with the Fauci led gestapo!