Actually, I am a liberal concerning airline deregulation. It opened
inexpensive air travel to the masses. Competition brought us Peoples
Express (remember them?) and then SW and Jet Blue. Granted, flying in
coach today is much like taking the bus as far as amenities. I remember
flying before 1978. A round trip to the coast was over $1000, and that
was in 1970s dollars. And it was for the elite and businessmen
primarily. Today you can go to the coast with Jet Blue for $500.
I will grant you that some regulations may be needed to solve the
horrors of 8 hour waits on the runway.
Jeff Miles wrote:
I don't question who did it. While I sound like a liberal most of
the time, I blame the democrats as much as the conservatives most of
the time. Stupid ideas see no political bias.
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On Sep 10, 2009, at 9:50 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
If you are referring to the deregulation of the airline industry, the
wingnuts who did it were Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Congress.
See the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act.
t.piwowar wrote:
On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:28 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
You obviously don't pay any attention. Flying 20 years ago was as
affordable as it is today.
Very true,except that today we have more information about fares.
You only get less for your $ today.
Today they can abuse their customers with impunity. They can leave
you sitting in a plane with overflowing toilets for 12 hours and
laugh about it. Back when I was a kid I recall calling the NY office
of the CAB several times about abusive airline practices. I still
smile as I recall they guys there with their thick Brooklyn accents
giving me tactical advice and regulations to cite. It was magical.
When I would get to the airline counter and they would try to screw
me once again I would mutter a few rule numbers and "screw you"
became "yes sir, we can book you with another airline and we'll pay
the difference." Those were the days. Then the wingnuts wrecked the
government and now tell us how ineffective it is.
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