You would pay $45 to enter the meet and find out that the swimmer in the next lane paid $27.50.
You heat would be delayed for 3 hours and you could not go the bathroom. Whereas the event scheduled behind you would have already finished.
TSA (thousands standing around) would search all the swimmers prior to gaining entry to the pool deck. Some lucky winners (90-94 y) would be pulled off for special full body searches.
The shady spots on the pool deck are more expensive.
There is surcharge for using the newest speed suit (!$#@).
In orer to compete on price with the no-frills carriers
They're all no-frills carriers now :)
Really I don't have a problem with that. In the "old days" flying was sort of an adventure and the airline services reflected that. Today flying is just a way to get from point A to point B. There is really no reason airlines should provide any additional services above and beyond what is needed to accomplish that goal of getting you where you need to go. If you want the extras take the train.
I think the number one thing many of the U.S. airlines could do to save money is to replace their old, inefficient airplanes with newer ones. Of course the problem is they have no money to do this.
In orer to compete on price with the no-frills carriers
They're all no-frills carriers now :)
Really I don't have a problem with that. In the "old days" flying was sort of an adventure and the airline services reflected that. Today flying is just a way to get from point A to point B. There is really no reason airlines should provide any additional services above and beyond what is needed to accomplish that goal of getting you where you need to go. If you want the extras take the train.
I think the number one thing many of the U.S. airlines could do to save money is to replace their old, inefficient airplanes with newer ones. Of course the problem is they have no money to do this.
