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jmowreader

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14. Response from the US airline industry

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Wed May 21, 2025, 01:36 PM

May 21

“Why would we want this? We make all our money flying cargo! If we stuff more passengers on the plane we’ll go broke! We’d rather take out the seats in the back of the plane and put freight where they were.”

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They could just shove passengers into the cargo hold, in the belly of the plane. Irish_Dem May 21 #1

Jeez, don't give them any ideas. (nt) Paladin May 21 #3

Trust me, psychopaths have more evil ideas than we can even imagine. Irish_Dem May 21 #7

What they ultimately have in mind: sop May 21 #8

I can't imagine the FAA would approve --- oh, wait. This is *Trump's* FAA. Ocelot II May 21 #2

Yeah, especially that little detail about MTOW. In recent... keep_left May 21 #13

Like riding a bus? Silent Type May 21 #4

Better still dweller May 21 #5

20% only? Customer savings will not be more than 10%. I hope the airlines eat a big one on this. marble falls May 21 #6

Time to dust off this old chestnut from the Dick Ebersol era. Xavier Breath May 21 #9

Well that's certainly going to make extreme turbulence more exciting! bluesbassman May 21 #10

No, they won't. MineralMan May 21 #11

Oh, HELL no. tanyev May 21 #12

Response from the US airline industry jmowreader May 21 #14