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(consumer blame shifting in action)
(consumer blame shifting in action)
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(consumer blame shifting in action)
CNBC: ‘Do the upright thing.’ A petition to ban reclining on airplanes has garnered 186,000 signatures
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/24/is-it-ok-to-recline-your-seat-while-flying-a-new-petition-says-no.html
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to AI6YR Ben last edited by [email protected]
@ai6yr because god forbid we have a petition to force the airlines to take out two rows and give us leg room!!
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I heard a story, I think on Marketplace, the I interviewee couching the problem stemming from the airline selling that space to both people, so he just offers the person behind $20 to let him recline his seat. Either outcome, the result is clear and both people are happy.
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@chris @ai6yr Years ago, I was on a Canadian flight on which if you reclined your seat, the seat swivelled such that you did not abuse the person behind you and only impacted your own leg room. I thought it was the beginning of a new age, especially for tall people who were tired of short people slamming their seats back to try to make the tall person's knees disappear. But it didn't seem to catch on. They can make people more comfortable, but choose not to. I'm guessing the seating cost more.
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@CStamp @ai6yr they will always do whatever they can to maximize profit. They used to think they could “upsell” with nice seats…
Now they are more likely to cram smaller seats in that don’t recline to get 10 more people on the plane.
I wonder if the reason why they stopped serving food was to encourage people not to eat so they can cram more people in.
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@chris @ai6yr This was on Canadian Pacific Air Lines, which didn't survive, sadly. I definitely would've paid more for those flights. At the time, Ward Air was best, treated everyone as if they were in 1st class, CP Air was 2nd, and Air Canada was the worst. AC would literally make meal announcements about what those in 1st class would be served, then everyone in economy would only get...and we could pay for extras. It's crappy that they were the ones to win that round of airline battles.
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@MsMerope @ai6yr @dougfir @chris
Lol, I'll raise you Greyhound, and 9+ hours to go 130 miles up the freeway
The + sign is because I don't know when they ever actually got there. After 2 hours of driving, and 6 hours of waiting while they told us the repair would be finished any minute now, I called someone to come pick me up
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@NilaJones @MsMerope @ai6yr @dougfir I was just talking about the demise of land transport in Canada. Which has fallen even further than the USA I think because Amtrack is actually a proper corp but I bet Greyhound USA will disappear in the next 10 years
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 (@[email protected])
Attached: 2 images @[email protected] @[email protected] To whit: Canada in 1974 pop. 22 million vs Canada in 2024 pop. 40 million. These are maps of the networks for CPRail and Greyhound buses in 1974. Both CPRail and Greyhound have ceased to exist in terms of passenger service and have not been replaced. VIARail and CNRail also had significant passenger services, VIA primarily, but CNRail no longer has any and VIA is a shadow of its former self. For freight, CP has shed all but the main routes between major cities as has CN and both have pursued mergers with American lines to increase their market share. It’s not population density, it’s unfettered, deregulated, super-capitalism that killed land-based travel in Canada. Greyhound source: https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/images/hrcorpreports/pdfs/6/635329.pdf CP source: https://www.trains.com/trn/railroads/maps/canadian-pacific-in-1974/
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