Comment on Why do we put up with this crap?

• No_Eponym@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  And CEO bonuses and shareholder dividends must always be high-flying.

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  • x0x7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    But even with that margins are tight, so 99.5% of why your flight is expensive is that planes are not cheap to operate and fuel isn’t free. But we can pretend it’s all the other thing to maintain slave morality.

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    • dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Also when was the last time an airline stock paid a dividend?

      Delta is paying a dividend of $0.15 per share this quarter. Southwest is paying $0.18. Spirit used to pay $0.10 but I don’t think they do any more.

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    • No_Eponym@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      So tight! Can barely afford to keep the plane in the air what with all the stock buybacks.

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  • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Lately most airlines are making insane profits from their banking-skymiles partnership deals and less from actual ticket-holders

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• MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Frankly for short haul flights it makes sense. Would it be worth paying double or triple for a three hour flight just to get a full meal? Anyone who truly wants a taste of old time flying can get that with a first class ticket, both in terms of cost and quality.

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