Originally Posted by
globex6000
Absolutely. Everyone always craps on about how much more luxurious flying was 'back in the day'.
Bollocks. Compare the cost of a seat in each, adjust for average income and see just how luxurious it really was. The true adjusted cost of an economy seat 30 or 40 years ago was more than a business class seat today. And business class today is more like 1st class 30 years ago. Most Those promotional photos from back then? They weren't taken in a plane, they were a photo studio. Half of them don't even have overhead bins or seat tracks.
What has changed is that low cost flying simply didn't exist back then. So people wonder why their economy flight to Bali than cost the equivalent of 3 days average pay isn't as nice as an economy flight from the 70's that cost 3 months wage.
..and why Bali has turned into a sh1thole compared to when it actually was considered special and a privilege to be able to visit such a place in the early 70s.