Carriers have tried to raise rates and John Q public has balked at it.
What we have here is the GREYHOUND bus mentallity of the so called flying public.
So in short if it isnt cheap they will not fly ,kind of weird that way because thet,ll spend 100 bucks on goodies at the ball park without a second thought lol.

Ya know when you are in for a bad flight when you have the window seat and a 300 pounder sits next to ya for 4 hrs .
God I miss the old days!