Letters to the Editor
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Regulation
Remember, average airfares during regulation were 4x more than today in real terms. Look at the price of your ticket, multiply it by 4, and I think you will find that you can afford to pay for the next class of service (a fair amount of the time).
If you want good service, pay for it. Why mandate that everyone else have to pay for it too? If airlines could command a higher price for better service, they'd do it. Unfortunately, in practice, people choose flights based on fares in the vast majority of cases.
Oh, and most airlines have policies that allow them to charge an extremely obese person for two seats--I think Southwest is the only one that actually uses it though. This should be ENFORCED. If you can't fit between the armrests, you should pay for the seat next to you (provided there are no extra seats on the plane).