Current political environment, my foot.
The gap, between the front of the flying bus and the back of the flying bus, in service and service levels has been widening. Current political environment hasn't changed anything with regard to this.
For the vast majority of US passengers, it's now a case of pay more than before and get less than before -- excepting perhaps when in the front of the flying bus.
Originally Posted by
Tchiowa
That doesn't -- it can't -- show what has happened to the average American household's portion of discretionary income available for leisure travel in the past twenty years and how such income's purchasing power applicable to air travel has dropped in the past 5, 10, 15, or 20 years.
It's amusing how some data misleads people into thinking something is more affordable in the US now than before, when the data is clear that it has become less affordable. But this is not surprising, as relying upon simplified silos of data doesn't educate anyone in the way more complex econometric analysis does.
The portion of air travel costs captured in fare pricing data has also been changing. Think about what that means for affordability too.
