canyonblue
Everyone loves Southwest
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- Nov 26, 2001
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I too would like to see ticket prices go up so the industry can survive. But as far as comparing 1970's ticket prices to 2004, that debate would not ensure our job security any better. Assuming a ticket price from LAX-BWI was $500 round trip in 1975, and with inflation that same ticket would now cost say $1978.65 round trip (using an inflation calculator), it is easy to see that many of the families that fly today could not afford to do so and then would create a smaller need for ASM's which would in turn create a smaller need for us, the pilots. Most of us on this board wouldn't even be close to flying for an airline.