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hyphenate

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9. I never said it was JFK

Reply to AnotherMcIntosh (Reply #6)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 03:45 PM

Jun 2012

If you are looking at the PFK quote and image, that is my sig line, not part of my post.

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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