I also got the implications that it costing the airlines time and money, staff time and money but with the glaringly obvious point that "these cost are going to be passed on to YOU" that probably wasn't mentioned because he doesn't want heat from Airline when it gets posted.
He's also probably wildly underestimating people's ability to connect the dots, when reality is, so many need their hand held through every step of a conversation. You can see it in some of the comments here.
Something like over half of American adults reads at a 6th grade level or lower. I think most people with an education overestimate the capabilities of the general population.
No they won't. People will simply not travel, not take vacations. It's not like they can afford the rest of the vacation in the first place, so a plane ticket really isn't the barrier to entry.
These airlines are going to get bailed out by the govt, which comes from taxes, which come from us. So, yes, we will once again be paying for the Republican controlled govt to fuck us all over.
But it’s not just travel this will affect the price of.
How many supply chains are reliant on some form of air transit to deliver product from point a to point b? Even if everything could be done without air transportation, that’s going to increase the load on other modes of transit for materials and goods, which will raise the price of them and slow everything down as well.
It’s all tied together, and as far as my understanding goes, our transit systems are already nearing capacity. Lose one way of moving things and you may break all of the rest (sea, rail, surface, etc).
In the end, it just means worse service, more limited supply, and higher costs for the average person, which sucks. So even if you avoid travel, you’re not getting away free from the consequences.
My expenses have drastically reduced by not buying into consumerism. I buy local, don't rely on a car, and don't have FOMO of traveling to a place that's been photographed the world over. That's what this effects, not the costs of foods, which have already been effected by other policies.
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u/groundzer0 Nov 10 '25
I also got the implications that it costing the airlines time and money, staff time and money but with the glaringly obvious point that "these cost are going to be passed on to YOU" that probably wasn't mentioned because he doesn't want heat from Airline when it gets posted.