On 6 Apr 2007 13:31:03 -0700, "Robert M. Gary"
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On Apr 6, 12:54 pm, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:16:31 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
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But it cost more.

Was it significantly more? Can you quantify your assertion?

It was way more expensive.

Are you suggesting that the cost of a coach ticket today is about half
of what it might have been under federal regulation? More? Less?

I don't ever remember families taking vacations by air.

Our family did several vacations (coast to coast, and international)
by air transport during the '50s.

It was mostly just business flyers.

Perhaps that wasn't a bad thing.

Since there can
be a wide variety of prices on a given flight even today it would be
hard to quantify. However, just imagine SouthWest no longer in
business (since they only compete on price) and you had to fly United
or American every flight. There were (and could not be ) any discount
airlines under regulation.


Personally, I don't have a problem with paying for comfort and good
service. Today an airline passenger has to pay five to ten times
coach fare to get decent service and comfort.

Those who fill the skies with unnecessary discount flights might
better take the train. Then there'd be enough rail passengers to make
AMTRAK solvent, hopefully, and there'd be impetus to improve train
service and equipment. Just a thought.