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No.
Airlines should be regulated so the seats are larger and accommodate larger people.
And if you managed to fly before airlines were deregulated, then you know that this was once the norm and isn't too much to ask.
There was also far fewer planes, far fewer pilots, far fewer airports (infrastructure in general), and far less advanced technology. Prices fell way before they started cramping seats.
You're just reinforcing my point here.
That's why airlines need to be regulated. It should be illegal to draw a profit while giving zero value.
Right so, really the airlines should calculate the volume of a person and allocate a box of that size. When you get to your box, you have to fold yourself into it. If anything hangs out, maybe cut it off or just smash it in violently. Screw the bathrooms, just hold it or piss on yourself. Air conditioning and heating? Unnecessary. Think of the weight savings if the boxes were packed in like cargo. You wouldn't need seatbelts. Maybe then those poor airlines that are barely eeking out a profit, might make money. We don't need any amenities. I mean, did you get there?
Oh and if the airlines aren't making money then that just proves that deregulation doesn't work. They were the ones that lobbied for it.
You seem to be mad at someone for some reason.
But I can't really deduce at whom or why, from your rambling.
Perhaps it's less rambling and more your reading comprehension.
If you flew in the 80's or 90's, then you know how significantly de-regulation has affected the value of the product.
Frankly, you're wrong, but you have a right to be. The problem here isn't fat people, it's rich people wanting to extract more money from passengers while offering nothing of value in return.
Have a great day.
Lemmy is extremely anticapitalist and still disagrees with you, does that not give you pause?
Not at all.
Our culture hates fat people and thinks being fat is a moral failing. This doesn't surprise me at all, and it likely hasn't even crossed most people's minds to blame billionaire capitalists instead of fat people.
You can't just blame the boogeyman for all your problems
And did you also know that those old timey flights included check through baggage, actual food, rules regarding getting passengers to their destinations and a host of other amenities and important regulations that were thrown in the trash because we trusted corporations to NOT create a plane that requires you to stand up for an entire flight (an actual concept that was considered). And you know how when you search for a flight a few times, the price keeps going up? Conspicuously lacking back then along with paying extra for a seat with a window only to be told an actual window isn't guaranteed. Yeah, there was no Internet, but it's still true.
I'm complaining yes but I never asked for this.
Yeah, I don't believe you. I priced flying first class to Germany from Florida and it was $3000 one way. That's not an option for me. I doubt seriously that air travel was that expensive. I did travel with my parents as a kid and I don't think we spent an equivalent of $6000 per person for a round trip. That's not something they would have done.
The airlines continuously take things away and then act like it's such a great deal if they give one back as a perk. They can go fuck themselves and if you think it's so great you can do the same.
Well I guess you're right. It's great now!