Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "What’s Happening with the Airline Ticket Prices?!" video.

A fully free market most rewards sociopaths and incumbents, and guarding against runaway concentration of wealth lies in regulation and "socialism". Unfortunately too many of us are "temporarily embarrassed billionaires" convinced to victim blame the little guy for "stupid choices" and advocate for even more libertarian policies, which ultimately don't reverse but instead amplify the consequences.
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Yet younger generations get blamed exactly for living some life now instead of waiting to splurge later following a prosperous career that definitely doesn't seem so guaranteed anymore.
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The prices were also fixed there in the 1970s. This surge is more from a volatile mismatch of supply vs demand and is likely to come back down as both sides stabilize.
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The unfortunate side effect of increasing efficiency is taking away from "unnecessary" resilience measures.
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Well maybe advocate to re-regulate airfares so at least the airlines once again compete for market share through amenities. It'll lock in the current high prices but adjusted that's about what we were paying back in the "Golden Age of Travel", so might as well get better services out of it eventually.
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I'd prefer pilots exist, but the taxpayer-subsidized military pipeline is going dry and not enough of us are willing to bear the costs of what amounts to a medical degree for the more limited field of flying an airliner. But corporate executives are still more interested in scavenging for growth in its stock price instead of ensuring growth of its staffing pool with paying into the entry-level education and benefits that make the career more attractive to join.
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Airlines need to really up their entry-level OJT investment because the military pipeline is getting dismantled as drones take over the skies... and these skills don't exactly translate when the pilot has zero physical risk flying payloads considered acceptably disposable.
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