• electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    This is some bullshit. Airport infrastructure can’t just absorb the shutdown of several major international airports. That is to say that Trump can’t hurt some airports without hurting all of them.

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      21 hours ago

      And you think the orange cares about that?

      And you think he possess the intelligence to even understand that concept?

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      9 hours ago

      No, it allows them to ratchet up the prices. Say there are 100 rich travellers & 900 poor travellers distributed among 10 airports, and each airport can support 100 people. The remaining airport can raise its prices to price out the poors until only the rich travellers can afford it, allowing it to operate at capacity while securing a higher profit. Obviously this is awful for us, but it’s not a problem for the airport.

      Of course, this assumes that they would be willing to fly normal seats, I guess they might not? Presumably there are luxury planes you could use or something.

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      2 days ago

      It can, when the numbers of international visitors continue to drop. Why should any sane person visit the US under the current Nazi administration?