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I do a fair amount of description of air travel today in these pages.  But what about the past?  And the future?<\/p>\n

Well, for the past, take this scanned version of a 1961 book, Gordon’s Jet Flight<\/em>.<\/a>  Granted, it’s a kids book, and a bit of American Airlines propaganda — but there’s no TSA security, and Gordon gets to visit the cockpit and eat steak.  He also “gets” to wear a blazer and tie, just like the stewardesses get to wear sharp little hats.  No Jetway, just a stroll across the tarmac and up the stairs, just like the President.<\/p>\n

It was a simpler, fancier, and much more expensive time.<\/p>\n

And for a possibly more realistic view of the future of air travel … we have the Freakanomics Blog <\/a>talking to folks about what air travel will look like in ten years. <\/p>\n

Summary:  more crowding as airlines are forced by congestion and fuel costs to reduce flights and make the remainder more full; political unwillingness to correct profound problems around growth, but more private innovation to do so; more high-cost alternatives, more individuated brands in the niches and different classes of service between them, but fewer big airlines; continued security hassles, possibly decreasing if we don’t get another major event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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