A future we could have had. Instead, we get
I’m amazed we’re not standing up by now.
My knees would probably prefer that as long as the angle was like 45 degrees, but don’t tell them that because they might and the rest of my body wouldn’t.
It was predicted to happen by þe end of þis year. It hasn’t happened yet, but we still anoþer two monþs to go.
And now we’re just cattle mostly traveling in steerage.
You can still get this level of service if you pay the astronomical prices for first class tickets on top tier airlines.
It’s worth remembering that there wasn’t really an economy class at this point, all tickets were basically reserved for the rich.
The result of deregulation in the late 70s. Prices were controlled prior to that, so airlines had to compete by offering better amenities. Now most people just want the cheapest ticket available, which is at the expense of any and all perks.
It was also a luxury product and not a necessity.
Classifying air travel as a necessity even today I think maybe stretches the definition of the word
Get real. A lot of people have to migrate for work. I live in New York and we have so many nurses from the Philippines and Ireland. That’s not to mention Puerto Ricans who still have family on the island.
Moreover, there are places where a tourist economy is a vast improvement over the alternative.
Bonaire is a tiny island whose only natural resource was salt. A few years back the local government started pushing for scuba diving tourists.
migrate? yes. that doesn’t take air travel. commute from across the globe? no, no one needs to do that.
Unfortunately the options for transatlantic sea voyages are pretty slim. Airplanes have basically replaced that option.
i just want to see more blimps okay
If this sounds like a plane of the future, it isn’t.
They weren’t wrong.
I’m here for the Polynesian food served by the stewardesses in their pretty new outfits.
Looks like seat prices were about 10x more, so about the same as deals on first/business class now.
Looks like the sort of place that has people on their hands and knees instead of side tables.
The Foresaken are on the loose again?
