Mercenary Pilot
For the US airlines...
I don't know but I'm sure that American pax are pretty fed up with the extremely poor cut cost service that their major carriers are serving up at the moment and I don't think they will put up with it forever.
Oh yes they will
!!!!!! Everyone wants to pay less and, given the terrible state of the US economy, no one is going to pay a penny more.
stepwilk had it correct:
Nah. They'll continue to buy $99 tickets to LA and complain.
Which what folks in the UK do and, I have no doubt, other Europeans too.
sevenstrokeroll
Deregulate the airlines, fares that allow for a 5 to 10 percent profit for the airlines and investors.
costs in line with current fuel prices.
etc. ..
Interesting, you want a Communist style ideology to protect you? Yes, it is going to be horrible in the next few years - and not just in the US - but human beings have universally declared that, as individuals, they want to make as much money as possible and spend as little money as possible. 2008 is the place where those demands will crash head on.