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Class 'Inequity' Fuels Air Rage (www.avweb.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Regulators have been relying on a punitive approach to stem the tide […] The National Post quoted sources saying the rate of in-flight nastiness is roughly double what it was in 2019 and […] seems to be increasing […]. Transport Canada […] is considering adding a fine structure for passengers who abuse security agents.

“Our punitive approach isn’t working, so we’ll add another punitive measure,” says regulating agency failing to regulate market to lesser consumer exploitation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I was honestly expecting them to go the route of just hiding the inequality by finding a way to get economy passengers on the plane without going through first/business class.

[–] ericjmorey 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The study shows that this strategy is only half effective.

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

So twice as effective as what they’re trying.

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