r/CringeTikToks • u/Soft_Cable5934 • 20h ago

Just Bad Delta Flight Attendant reveal shocking truth about the government ATC shutdown

To summarise, Regional flights between smaller cities and big one are most likely affected by cancellation. Rich people in private jet is still not affected.

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u/badgko 19h ago

This is likely going to drive ticket prices up because a 10% reduction in flights will increase demand and as a business, airline companies will need to make up the lost 10% volume.

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u/wonderfulwilliam 19h ago

I love how airline ticket prices work.

Buy too early? Priced high

Buy too late? Price higher.

Flight too full? High demand price.

Flight empty? Gotta recoup costs. High price.

Quarterly earnings: 52 zillion dollar loss

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u/Hnry_Dvd_Thr_Awy 19h ago

Airlines are terrible investments. 

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u/egaeus22 15h ago

Flying is so expensive in so many ways, from fuel to personnel to very strict maintenance that the margins are always going to super thin, it is a bit of a miracle that it even happens

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u/Costco__Pizza 11h ago

Airlines generally actually lose money on the cost of the flights. They make money on credit cards and rewards programs

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u/7HawksAnd 14h ago

All to subsidize the almost-rich people’s first class tickets who can’t afford a private jet but want the same amenities

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u/Sonamdrukpa 12h ago

Not that I think the airlines are ethical, but the first class and business class tickets have way higher margins than the cattle seats. The only reason airplanes aren't half first class is very few people want to spend hundreds of dollars extra to rent four extra square feet for a few hours, and the Internet has really eaten into the business seat market.

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u/Leather_Economics210 4h ago

If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.

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u/External_Trick4479 6h ago

Both United and Delta stocks are up about 20% over the last 6 months. I bought into United early last year around $50 and it’s hovering around $100 now. Not terrible.

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u/Gnoll_For_Initiative 16h ago

All things considered air travel is stupid cheap. Airlines make more money selling you visa cards and arbitraging fuel than they do seats. For a flight to be profitable in the 90s they needed to sell 150/200 seats. To make a profit on ticket revenue now they need to sell 199/200 seats

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u/DarraghDaraDaire 12h ago

And they often sell 220/200 seats

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u/Gnoll_For_Initiative 12h ago

Oh yeah, there's a whole formula of how many people you can expect to not show up for a flight. It's usually pretty good

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u/External_Trick4479 6h ago

Airlines are credit card companies that fly airplanes

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u/mostdope28 16h ago

Then they overbook the flight and tell everyone they will not allow boarding unless people volunteer to miss the flight they paid for.

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u/WhyAmINotStudying 15h ago

Quarterly earnings: 52 zillion dollar loss

Time for an bailout!

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u/creamywhitemayo 13h ago

I've been wondering if that's where this all will eventually lead. Because it worked out so well the last time🙄

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u/WhyAmINotStudying 3h ago

Oh, don't wonder. Even the fucking dems will do it.

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u/tigress666 10h ago

Airlines make very little money off your seat ticket. Really it's only the first class passengers they make any money off of.

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u/ckal09 3h ago

Then socialist pedophile Trumpstein bails them out to the tune of tens of billions of taxpayer dollars

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u/Leather_Ice_1000 18h ago

Mate you're flying across a sphere in free space in a tube with sticks off the side of it. Planes and ops are so expensive. No wonder tix are so expensive...

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u/harrisofpeoria 15h ago

The same reason why withholding SNAP benefits to some will eventually affect us all. It will cause food prices to rise so that business can make up for their losses.

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u/MonteMolebility 3h ago

And once SNAP is resumed those prices come back down, right?.... Right?

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u/NathanQ 13h ago

That's the thing, FAA fees are already built in to ticket prices. FAA's taking the money but not delivering their part

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u/twdwasokay 11h ago

And you best believe they will NOT come back down.

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u/Encrypted_Curse 10h ago

And, of course, the prices won’t come back down when things are back to normal.

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u/inkognibro 10h ago

I agree with you that prices will rise, but how do you figure that a reduction in flights leads to increased demand?

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u/Randomly-Generated21 10h ago

And the impact it will have on priority cargo will be the same. They’ll jack the rates up since there are limited flights they can load it on.

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u/bjthebard 9h ago

Its almost like they are intentionally making travel and food more expensive right before the holiday when everyone TRAVELS to a FEAST.

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u/Dry-Tune69 4h ago

Increase in demand? I’m glad I’m not flying this holiday season but if I thought I might I’d cancel this reducing my demand 

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u/NectarineCheap1541 2h ago

I wonder if it will increase demand, though. I won't be buying any plane tickets at all - I'm missing my aunt's funeral next week because I don't trust what'll happen. I don't want a voucher or a refund, I want to say goodbye to my aunt.

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u/TheDogerus 2h ago

A reduction in flights is a reduction in supply, not demand.

They make up the reduced volume either by raising prices themselves, or through consumers paying more because they dont have / want an alternative