Originally Posted by
Flight44
The product is now mass produced and managed much like the delivery of any other product on any other shelf, continued cost reductions, quality tests to see how much the public will tolerate, and that race to be the cheapest volume competitor. And the traveling public mostly accepts and perhaps even desires it.
Very true. What I find amazing is that people (normal ones, not FTers) tend to be very price sensitive when it comes to air travel. It is almost as if transportation from A to B is it and the how is not considered. The surprising element is that this does not transfer to other travel elements (e.g. hotels have a broad range of products ranging from hostels to the Four Seasons).