USVI-On-Line

Huh? As long as we are going economist, what about the effect of the current administrations $US devaluation? With growing demand in countries with stronger currencies than the $US and oil priced in $US you get inflation and currency-driven price increases. With the euro at $1.57 today vs. $0.92 in 2002 I'm surprised oil is not pricier than it is today.

Get used to more expensive petroleum products in the future. The rest of world already enjoys that privilege.

What does that mean for air travel? Increase in cost of goods sold drives higher break-even prices. That's it. The airline industry is not out to get us, its a systemic change that is going to drive inflation across the board.

Cheers, RickG

RickG wrote:
- You are larger than the seat you purchased, you need to go to the BACK OF THE LINE and buy 2 adjoining seats.

I heard an interesting treatment this morning of this issue on the local DC public radio station, WAMU. Fred Fisk, a commentator who goes back to the pre-TV radio days, talks on the subject of having a fellow passenger who does not fit into a standard coach seat. He treats this with more delicacy and eloquence than I could muster, but addresses the problem.

http://wamu.org/news/08/07/24.php#22124

http://wamu.org/audio/nw/08/07/n7080724-22124.ram

What would you do if a person overflowed into half of your airplane seat?

Cheers, RickG