Totally agree with Rubik. Everyone is in denial here; air travel as mass transport is just as good as gone but of course no one wants to see it.
Airline travel will become what it used to be in the 50's and 60's, a mean of transport for the well off 's.
US media no short of new expressions have invented the " staycation " as opposed to " vacation ". A new concept that Europe is also strating to embrace.
2 years ago a full tank was getting you from paris to Marseille, today for the same price you go as far as Lyon.
Now, how many pilots is NW getting rid of ?