good morning, modern air travel is a case study in how over regulation can destroy a once vibrant and innovative industry
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Ha, I’m currently banging my head against the wall in the MSP airport.
You missing the point, it’s a study in torture and control.
You’re both correct. I’ve often fantasized about taking a boat instead.
GM! I know of a sweet private jet for sale!
stay humble stack sats
The lack of change and evolution in the airline industry in the last like 60 years is daunting
What kind of change and evolution would you want to see? Out of curiosity
Planes should be way more advanced, faster, more bang for your buck, etc. the pace of advancement and lack-thereof is terrible
Agreed. But maybe first we get high speed rail off the ground (no pun intended). That feels like a greater value-add to me. Though they’re not necessarily mutually exclusive of course
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Good morning! 🐶🐾🫂☕️💕
Every Damn time.
Just experienced while buying tix to Miami for the conference. Just a horrible experience buying plane tickets.
Reminder to arrive a little early so you can opt out of the data collection associated with the little body scanner thing. I still skip it and half the time the security people have to ask their managers about what opting out is 🤣
How do you opt out?
When you get near the machine, tell the nearest worker you are opting out of the scan
Wow, okay I must say I didn't know that. Just looked it up.
How was your experience with it? Did they pat you down instead?
So is banking 😀
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Can’t really argue with the safety record tho
Correlation != causation
In this case, correlation kinda does equal causation. See source.
1. airline safety increased (statistically significant) after regulation in the 1930s-40s
2. rate of airline safety improvements decreased (statistically significant) after de-regulation in the 1970s.
This isn't to say that de-regulation is bad, but regulation could probably be more targeted and effective.
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2296&context=open_access_etds
100%! It’s like a bus station now