>>>>>>.I think somewhere a bean counter realized that the airline was solvent because they were selling frequent flier miles, and started looking for other things they could sell, and realized they can sell EQM too.

Sounds like this is coming true:
...charges will include a $25 tax on citizens traveling with any other airline, as well as a mandatory $30 surcharge for passengers who decide to just stay home for the holidays instead...additional charges would also apply, including a $15 fee for every piece of luggage customers have inside their bedroom closet, and a one-time payment of $40 for any American whose name is Greg..."Watching television last night cost me $250," said Baltimore resident Michael Peterson, one of many Americans now forced to pay high airline costs for folding their laundry and going to the ophthalmologist. "It's ridiculous, but what can you do? I guess that's just the price of not flying these days."

http://www.theonion.com/content/news...s_now_charging