Why the airline industry has sunk to a new low

Asian airlines are lobbying for standing room only tickets on some of their flights.

Despite that this clearly flies in the face of the safety regulations we’ve all learned to abhor (How many times do I have to watch an overly made-up flight attendant show me how to fasten the seatbelt I’ve already been wearing for a half hour, I mean really), it implies an almost vile, capitalist mentality. Apparently, SRO passengers will be strapped to a padded wall for the duration of the voyage, like cattle. The $5 pillows and lack of edible food on flights was enough. But this? Where, oh where do we draw the line? Will the next cost-cutting measure see passengers forced to pedal the plane, invoking reminiscences of old Flinstones cartoons?

And don’t even get me started on the ‘density reformation program’ North American airlines are embarking upon.