09-12-2021, 05:56 PM
@"ABNARTY"
In the old days of flying commercial, there were not super offers on ticket prices AFAIK. There were first class and economy class fares, and economy fare was not a steal.
In time it became a mass transportation service and services like short hops competed with trains and buses. The heyday of this era was probably September 10, 2001.
IMO, the "flying experience" has gone far downhill since then, with most of the irritation, again IMO, being attributable to experiences in the airport vice the aircraft itself. The carriers also did crappy things, though. Reduced legroom has really made flying for long periods miserable, especially when one is no longer young and limber.
Cheers
In the old days of flying commercial, there were not super offers on ticket prices AFAIK. There were first class and economy class fares, and economy fare was not a steal.
In time it became a mass transportation service and services like short hops competed with trains and buses. The heyday of this era was probably September 10, 2001.
IMO, the "flying experience" has gone far downhill since then, with most of the irritation, again IMO, being attributable to experiences in the airport vice the aircraft itself. The carriers also did crappy things, though. Reduced legroom has really made flying for long periods miserable, especially when one is no longer young and limber.
Cheers
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