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Your Hatred of Flying Is Killing the Economy

June 6, 2008 at 9:15 AM | by | Comment (1)

Hey, disgruntled air travelers: Suck it up! That seems to be the message behind an Austin Business Journal story about the trips we didn't take last year.

Americans put off or canceled some 41 million trips in the past 12 months, which cost the travel industry--airlines, hotels and restaurants combined--$26 billion in lost revenue. Now we're going to be in a recession because you cried over long security lines and ridiculous delays!

A Consumerist survey found 85 percent of its sample has avoided air travel because of how annoying it is, but the readers there aren't necessarily the seasoned travelers that we are. How many trips have you, personally, avoided taking because of the state of air travel?

Related Stories:
· Less Flying Costs Economy $26 Billion, Survey Says [Austin Biz Journal]
· POLL: Are You Fed up with Flying [The Consumerist]
· This Is Improvement? One Third of Domestic Flights Delayed [Jaunted]

[Photo of our favorite circle of hell, ATL: rustytanton]

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Rather take the train

During the past year, I have several times declined to go to the States due to the crazy bureaucracy on the US-side - but certainly also because of the terrible way to treat airline passengers. In Europe, I have opted to take the train 4 times out of 5 last year on travels, just because of the hassle that it is to 1) get to the plane 2) get a seat that is reasonably comfortable for a reasonable price. I really try to avoid air travel when possible at the moment.
KimG on June 6, 2008 at 5:46 PM #Permalink

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