Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

Well said DAL.

These people really feel they are entitled to low fares. It is their right. It's even in the Constitution.....somewhere. The fact that their low fares were and are subsidized by the loss of airline employees' salaries and pensions is immaterial to the great unwashed and entitled.

I don't know how it happened, but an airline ticket became much like the personal computer. Even though the PC is a modern miracle of technology, consumers feel like they've been screwed if they spend more than $500 dollars for it. If they do spend more than $500, they have to lie about it because they know their buddies will say: "man did YOU get screwed." This same mentality rules today with airline passengers. The technological marvel and employee expertise that is modern air travel is seen as a rip-off if it costs more than about $200 bucks. I've never understood that mentality, but the marketplace is going to change that mentality.

Carl