| As far as the comments go regarding a golden age of air travel - it was only golden because it was so inordinately expensive, only the super rich could fly and when they flew they expected almost 4 star hotel levels of luxury, on par with the experience they'd get from travelling on a luxury liner. They wanted their own cabin on the plane. It's also apparent that the super rich dress better, are better looking, have whiter teeth and better health insurance, and are generally more glamourous than the average Wayne or Waynetta on a council estate.
Regarding current day air travel, advances in technology and aeronautics and amazing engineering have enabled airlines to package huge numbers of people into the tightest spaces and for a reasonable fee you can now fly anywhere around the world, in relative comfort and very quickly too. Bringing travel to the masses, shrinking the world, breaking down boundaries and making the world a nicer place.
Even if you're in Economy class, it's not much of a hardship, you have to sit and watch films. Which are a couple of things that a lot of people like to do anyhow!
I think the fact that airliners are so sucessful has obviously been to their own detriment, they are really a victim of their own sucess, but in economic and engineering terms we're in a "golden" age of airtravel, however, current social and environmental factors don't look on this so favourably.
Thats my rant over!
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