these guys used to be daring adventurers with goggles and swag and now the pilots have to wear a button down and the airlines squeeze every penny out of you and every drop of fun or joy or magic or adventure out of the experience.

in the 20s it was a great adventure! in the 60s people wore suits and got proper meals! now we just get xrayed and told we can’t bring in water! i love starting my vacation being treated as a terrorist!

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    11 months ago

    The airlines were deregulated in the late 70s. This meant they could compete on price, instead of just differentiating through features. It’s been going downhill ever since.

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      11 months ago

      Flying is also dramatically cheaper and more accessible today than it used to be.

      If you want the fancy treatment from back then, pay the prices people paid back then and buy first class.

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        11 months ago

        I simply of to point out that you of used the wrong word there. You of to realise that doing so can of the effect have making you look very ignorant