You would pay $45 to enter the meet and find out that the swimmer in the next lane paid $27.50.
You heat would be delayed for 3 hours and you could not go the bathroom. Whereas the event scheduled behind you would have already finished.
TSA (thousands standing around) would search all the swimmers prior to gaining entry to the pool deck. Some lucky winners (90-94 y) would be pulled off for special full body searches.
The shady spots on the pool deck are more expensive.
There is surcharge for using the newest speed suit (!$#@).
I saw a segment last week that said a $10 increase in the cost of a barrel of oil equates to an $800m increase in operating costs for an airline (just saying I saw it, don't know if accurate or not). There isn't some magic new engine that is gonna save an airline that kind of money. Even if you dump your pensions, get rid of snax, charge a bag fee you can never make up that kind of unanticipated instant cost increase.
I saw a segment last week that said a $10 increase in the cost of a barrel of oil equates to an $800m increase in operating costs for an airline (just saying I saw it, don't know if accurate or not). There isn't some magic new engine that is gonna save an airline that kind of money. Even if you dump your pensions, get rid of snax, charge a bag fee you can never make up that kind of unanticipated instant cost increase.
