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Teenager detained at Florida airport and accused of ‘skiplagging’ travel hack (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by Late2TheParty to c/aboringdystopia

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"It's not illegal, but we're gonna detain a teenager and treat him like a security threat, anyway."

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[–] PoopingCough 98 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the article it says airlines dont like this tactic because it cuts in to their profits. But that could only be true if their prices weren't actually based on the costs of a flight but were instead just designed to basically scam people. Why would a flight from FL to NC cost more than a flight from FL to NY that happens to stop in NC? Airlines are a fucking cartel.

[–] pete_the_cat 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think it's a supply and demand (for pilots) sort of thing. There are less pilots than there are available flights. Pilots are pretty limited regarding their available flying hours (at least in the US):

An airline transport pilot can fly up to 8 hours per 24 hour period and up to 10 hours if a second pilot is aboard. Pilots are required to rest a minimum of 16 hours postflight. Some variances to these regulations exist depending on the company's operations specifications.

I agree about the cartel bit though, the prices for a lot of things are outrageous.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Skiplagging cuts into dividends. What it doesn't cut into is the ruthlessly low pay of the pilots, what has been near-minimum-wage for decades now.

Yet another reason for me not to fly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's also about repositioning of the aircraft fleet. Sometimes there'll be flights from one airport to another not because it's profitable but because they need to reposition an aircraft to cover a profitable route, or because they need to do scheduled maintenance and such and such airport is a primary repair site or has a free hangar.