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Meiko

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5. When you figure your fuel costs

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 03:28 PM

Jun 2012

the airplane you are flying on might be full but there are many more out there that are not even close to being full, some are basically hauling fuel. They average their fuel costs across the fleet. I am sorry that your personal stature does not allow you to fly comfortably but is hardly the airlines fault, neither is having items confiscated by the TSA. Flying has always been a pain in the butt, I have done plenty of it. As far as regulation goes do you really want the airlines overseen by a group of people similar to those running the TSA, I don't. Why did you have to pay extra for your bags? were they overweight?

I hear your concerns and I don't want to seen uncaring but perhaps you should consider another mode of travel next time. It seems like you and flying just don't get along.

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Flying in a sardine can and other travel misery [View all] hyphenate Jun 2012 OP

Who deregulated the airlines? AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #1

... hyphenate Jun 2012 #4

Not JFK. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #6

I never said it was JFK hyphenate Jun 2012 #9

Carter GCP Jun 2012 #14

It was really this guy. Alfred E. Kahn. trof Jun 2012 #29

Thank you. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #33

I avoid air travel as much as possible.... mike_c Jun 2012 #2

I don't fly at all anymore quinnox Jun 2012 #3

I traveled for a living for many years, I loved flying and living in hotels. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #25

That's what I've been tempted to tell my mom since I found out about our vacation. AverageJoe90 Jun 2012 #39

When you figure your fuel costs Meiko Jun 2012 #5

Any checked item or baggage hyphenate Jun 2012 #10

I know Meiko Jun 2012 #40

re-posting my thoughts from a similar thread: Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #7

Thanks for your input hyphenate Jun 2012 #16

Hey, they still let you sit inside the plane! Buns_of_Fire Jun 2012 #8

I've done cross country many times hyphenate Jun 2012 #17

The cost of fuel is just one expense and not the largest Major Nikon Jun 2012 #11

I've seen a lot of figures hyphenate Jun 2012 #18

It depends on what airline you fly Major Nikon Jun 2012 #22

"increased efficiency" and lower wages. trof Jun 2012 #31

No doubt about it. Flying has become a very unpleasant experience lapislzi Jun 2012 #12

Amen! hyphenate Jun 2012 #19

Flying is a very pleasant experience and I do it as much as possible Major Nikon Jun 2012 #23

People seem to have forgotten that all the American airlines, except Southwest, were in Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #13

Exactly one of my points hyphenate Jun 2012 #20

The fact that the sheeple put up with it with nary a bleat is what I find most depressing. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #26

So, are the airines making obscene profits, like the oil companies? Mister Ed Jun 2012 #15

This link hyphenate Jun 2012 #21

American Airlines is in bankruptcy as we speak. trof Jun 2012 #32

We CAN'T increase regulations for airlines, silly. That would kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #24

The fact that that doesn't hyphenate Jun 2012 #34

I'm not going to defend flying (I despise it), but I think it's mostly a bargain. Auggie Jun 2012 #27

I don't think I would want nationalization hyphenate Jun 2012 #35

Then don't fly. MadHound Jun 2012 #28

I don't fly anymore either. bvar22 Jun 2012 #30

I don't usually go anywhere hyphenate Jun 2012 #36

Getting rid of the idiotic TSA would be a good start Sirveri Jun 2012 #37

Seriously - I wanted to go to Michigan for a friends' charity fundraiser. Initech Jun 2012 #38

Interestingly enough hyphenate Jun 2012 #41