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capt_wolf ,
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So I remember taking a flight 10 years ago and they gave us pretzel pieces from snyders. I thought, great, we don’t even get whole pretzels…

Next flight, they give us generic “trail mix” in clear bags. The kind the old folks down the street would give out at Halloween because it was “healthy.” but that contained approximately 2 pretzels the size of quarters, 3 peanuts, 3 generic m&ms, and 2 raisins…

It gave me the impression that airlines are like schools, where the flight staff are the ones bringing in the snacks because the airline is too cheap to supply them.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fba7344c-350c-49c2-9c0f-f362160ef8b8.jpeg

doingthestuff ,

My teacher friends live in big houses and travel all over the world but you know whatever. I don’t.

MotoAsh ,

Liar.

dditty ,

Last time I flew coach I got a mini bag of sun chips and I kid you not it had 6 chips in it, and they were mini, not full sized.

GBU_28 ,

Stupid. The cost for flights then was more like beyond first class prices now.

dtrain ,

Stupid. The cost for flights then was more like beyond first class prices now.

And a lot more smoky.

tpihkal ,

Don’t like the smoke? Then sit on the other side of the aisle in the non-smoking section.

abcd ,

This reminded me of that one flight as a kid, when I was seated in a row with two smokers. I literally couldn’t breathe. I’m happy that my kids don’t have to experience shit like this.

FelixCress ,

Someone clearly doesn’t understand how much it used to cost to travel by plane 50 years ago.

PP_BOY_ ,
@PP_BOY_@lemmy.world avatar

No kidding

For the OP of this meme, you know you can still pay for food services on flights today, right?

jaybone ,

Yeah but it sucks.

EleventhHour ,
@EleventhHour@lemmy.world avatar

Ehh…

The bottom line

Proportionally (inflation considered), flights are much cheaper now than they were 50 years ago. Consequently, flying is a more accessible mode of transport for many and has resulted in the soaring popularity of air travel, which began after deregulation. However, despite the cost drop, the base cost of flying has increased as airlines operate small profit margins and seek to remain competitive.

Wogi ,

Also this image is bullshit

Tray tables are about half that size now.

morrowind ,
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Not on longer flights. It doesn’t benefit airlines much to make smaller tray tables

deranger ,

Save on weight means save on gas. Multiply that by thousands of flights and it adds up. United printed their in flight magazines on lighter paper and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars, just by using thinner paper.

They only eliminated 5kg per 737, but that added up to $290k savings.

If anything I think it’d be even more effective on longer flights as those jets spend more time in cruise vs short haul airliners.

By using lighter paper to print their in-flight magazine, Hemisphere, United Airlines saves up to 170,000 gallons of fuel, which cuts about $290,000 in annual fuel costs.

One magazine is now one 29 g lighter and weights 195 g which will make a usual 737 plane that carries 179 passengers 5 kg lighter on average.

kiwi.com/…/united-prints-lighter-magazine-saves-1…

morrowind ,
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United makes 50B in revenue a year. I’m guessing that stunt gave them more value in marketing than actual savings.

MotoAsh ,

You clearly do not understand basic math nor how rampant greed in capitalism works. Sad.

If it saves them money, they WILL do it. (or even appears to save money)

Or do you think Scrooge types aren’t literally known for penny-pinching when they’re already rich and wouldn’t even notice the pennies going missing?

slaacaa ,

Good example, aviation is probably the most penny-fucking business in the planet, it’s a life and death fight between the companies, trying to keep costs low.

Wogi ,

I suppose I don’t take many long flights and I don’t recall how much space I had on the last long flight I had.

Typically on my domestic flights I have a tray table that won’t fit my switch if I want to stand it up.

return2ozma OP ,
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It’s a shit post

jaybone ,

But back then the price was regulated so they had to compete on service.

That might have been more that 50 years now.

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