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Economy

Airlines got $50 billion in pandemic relief ‐ but are still screwing Americans

2022-06-27

[NYP] If you’ve flown recently, or attempted to, it might have gone something like this: Your 1 p.m. flight became a 5 p.m. flight became a midnight flight before being summarily canceled. No explanation is given. The next flights out are already fully booked, but they have a middle seat with two stopovers leaving next week if that still works for you.

We’ve put up with so much from airlines. Food on airplanes is now limited to crackers and a shot glass of soda. We pay exorbitant amounts to check baggage. Only some people get to bring a carry-on bag on the plane. We pay to choose our seat. A seat, by the way, that is designed for someone who is 4’8" and 95 pounds. They’ve tortured us in a variety of ways.

We dealt with it because they got us from point A to point B swiftly and safely. Sometimes it was even cheaply. We accepted the continued downgrading of service because they had something we wanted that only they could deliver. But airlines are not keeping up their end of the bargain. We’re missing meetings, events, family time and more because they just can’t get their act together.

Posted by:Besoeker

#6 Screw the airline industry, I don't fly why should my taxes go to bail out ANOTHER airline. There is demand , that means someone will always step up to start another 1. Hell, put the cartels on it, they could do a better job.

Posted by: Chris 2022-06-27 15:32

#5 The airline industry would have gone under w/o the subsidy. It was justified as a national defense priority if memory is correct. Not saying it was right or wrong.
People were to frightened to fly. Freight traffic increased though.

Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-06-27 12:35

#4 Nothing though about the over-reaction to the covid.

No worries Post - Mayor Peter is on the case.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-06-27 12:16

#3 I'm old enough to remember when you wore a suit and tie to fly

I still do.

Posted by: badanov 2022-06-27 11:47

#2 I'm done with airlines whenever humanly possible. Livestock get better treatment. I'm old enough to remember when you wore a suit and tie to fly, the seats were comfortable, fellow passengers were well behaved, leg-room was more than adequate, and the food was quite good, served on a small tray with actual metal siverware, and the stewardess was cordial and deferential. Of course the plane was a four engine Constellation turboprop and Eisenhower as still in office!

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-06-27 11:28

#1 Our Government has spent an extraordinary amount of money to provide deplorables with public transportation. They should use it !

(sarc off)

Posted by: Besoeker 2022-06-27 02:45

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