Kind of weird viewpoint it is written from. As someone who flies every week, usually Delta and Southwest, I would absolutely love it if Southwest charged lower ticket prices and huge fees to people who bring bags, change their flights, or don't preprint. I'm not the one slowing down the flight with that, so give me the option of a lower price and encourage others to be similarly efficient. Meanwhile the author acts like these are bad things.
Just FYI. Boarding is considerably faster on Southwest for two reasons. One, the well known open seating policy. Two though is that because bags fly free more people check them. This significantly reduces the average time it takes to board and get settled as less people have less bags.
American cars vs. the rest of the world, American houses vs. the rest of the world
This is entirely due to how cheap land is over here, and it's not even true in a large number of places in the US. Compare New York City to the Midwest, or (especially) the Great Plains.
As someone who flew every week for about 20 years, the idea of not traveling with a bag to be gone for a week or needing to change flights periodically is pretty strange.
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Kind of weird viewpoint it is written from. As someone who flies every week, usually Delta and Southwest, I would absolutely love it if Southwest charged lower ticket prices and huge fees to people who bring bags, change their flights, or don't preprint. I'm not the one slowing down the flight with that, so give me the option of a lower price and encourage others to be similarly efficient. Meanwhile the author acts like these are bad things.
Just FYI. Boarding is considerably faster on Southwest for two reasons. One, the well known open seating policy. Two though is that because bags fly free more people check them. This significantly reduces the average time it takes to board and get settled as less people have less bags.
I would pay extra money to be on a flight with no overhead bins so we can get on and off faster.
I think you'd find the average American wouldn't be happy with that.
Consumption and the consumer are king, so Americans want every available option, now.
See: American cars vs. the rest of the world, American houses vs. the rest of the world, etc. etc.
This is entirely due to how cheap land is over here, and it's not even true in a large number of places in the US. Compare New York City to the Midwest, or (especially) the Great Plains.
I wasn't solely talking about the size of the house, but also the sheer amount of consumer crap that's jammed into every available square inch.
Which isn't true of everyone, or even of most people.
As someone who flew every week for about 20 years, the idea of not traveling with a bag to be gone for a week or needing to change flights periodically is pretty strange.