[neverevergiveup]

If the average person is priced out of flying, there won’t be enough people flying to support the current aviation system in America.

Exactly, and not enough demand for aircraft to support all the current manufacturers.

I guess we could all travel by ship staying in steerage.

[srmanuel]

Think of the ripple effect of pricing the average American out of flying, not only would the aircraft manufacturers have to cut back severely, think of all the side businesses that would be devastated, aircraft mechanics, aircraft parts suppliers, workers at airports, flight attendants, pilots, etc...