Originally Posted by
VideoPaul
Folks, follow the money.
This will result in an "emergency" appropriation of at least a billion dollars to the TSA to let it hire several thousand more otherwise unemployable people into federal jobs with full benefits. As soon as everyone accepts and embraces the fact that the TSA is a jobs program and northing more, all of this will make a LOT of sense. Just ask yourself: How can this administration further expand government with this incident and you'll arrive at the DHS playbook without delay.
The airlines are NOT going to complain becuase they are salivating over the checked baggage fees.
--PP
But the increased baggage fares will in no way make up for lost revenue on FF who purchase tickets at near full fare. You lose ten passengers who would have paid $1500 for a round trip ticket purchased on short notice while attempting to make $50 on 100 passengers for a piece of luggage and you wind up losing $10,000 on the trip. A day late an much more than a dollar short.