Originally Posted by
Darkumbra
The question is not, "what will you permit them to do?' but "at what point do we stop flying... Traveling?"
Many of us already have -- join the club.
My wife & I were in the air 30 weekends a year plus a vacation or two. Between the two of us, that's about 200 flights not being flown in 2010.
The airlines collectively will end up reducing their schedules by ~2 flights annually to compensate just for us. The more people who quit flying, the more they will have to cut back.
The current economic situation only compounds this:
- Due to higher fuel prices, airlines need more passengers paying higher fares.
- Due to higher fuel prices, fewer passengers can afford to buy airline tickets.
The bottom line is that right now the airlines need every paying passenger they can get. At some point they will realize that a large portion of their customer base has been alienated for reasons other than energy costs.