Hmmm, if professional courtesy is costing extra, then an airline that provides superior service would be able to attract either more customers or a higher price.

That is, IF the market were closer to perfect. Unfortunately, many of us have little choice over the airline and the level of service we can fly.

Equally, there seems to a basic disruption of supply and demand at the moment - airlines are not able to offer the level of service or frequency of service that folks are demanding - the skies (or rather the airports) are too full as it is !!