Any day now we will see coin operated restrooms onboard and a surcharge for overweight passengers.

Posted by cls pdx, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22 2008 Permalink

We will have to pay for any drinks on the plane and use of the overhead bin.

Posted by Jason, 8:56 p.m. Thursday, May 22 2008 Permalink

Yikes! "A surcharge for overweight passengers"??? Talk about having to pay for "excess baggage"... ;^>

Posted by Weighty Western WA Woman, 10:27 p.m. Thursday, May 22 2008 Permalink

John said what can the airline executive to 'add to his balance sheet', obviously he doesn't know what he's talking about, because an executive adding a cost to a passenger is adding something to his 'income statement'. Adora also mispronounced Polgamy and called it polygyny, and misnamed the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, and add her giddy morning show laugh and this show is truly a joke.

Posted by Glenn, 6:15 a.m. Friday, May 23 2008 Permalink

We're likely to get sick from all of these additional costs, so might as well as charge for the barf bag.

Posted by Betty, 6:31 a.m. Friday, May 23 2008 Permalink

So did you want a PRESSURIZED cabin, by any chance?

Posted by RichM, 6:52 a.m. Friday, May 23 2008 Permalink

Similar to gas the real problem is government subsidies. The actual cost of flying is much more than you pay. Even more so when you consider the environmental damage. If you have flown you should consider yourself lucky that you've even taken a plane trip one time no matter what the cost. You may find it hard to believe given your spoiled and sheltered existence, that for most people on this planet flying is not even close to being an option. Too bad neoliberals (and this show as an extension) are so short sighted. thanks for scratching the surface.

Posted by Cal, 7:57 a.m. Friday, May 23 2008 Permalink

What will airlines charge for next? How about FUEL? The price of jet fuel has jumped even faster than the price of auto fuel at the gas station. An outstanding price at JFK in 2002 was about $0.94 per gallon. In 2008 it's over 360% higher at about $3.50 per gallon. Just this year, half a dozen airlines have gone belly-up, thanks to out of control fuel prices. When will it end?

Posted by Bob, 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 23 2008 Permalink

The airlines are doing something many industries have done in the past; when it happens in the healthcare field, which I know somewhat, it's called "unbundling" of charges and is usually contrary to rules set out by insurance companies and Medicare, which are based on the definition of each service. The problem for airline customers is a lack of regulation, even to the point that the services the airlines provide are simply not defined. The false myth of universally beneficial deregulation is once again being exposed.

Posted by Ed Gross, 11:12 a.m. Friday, May 23 2008 Permalink

airline fees: I'm waiting for the airlines to figure out which they can charge more for: a reclining seat, or a seat BEHIND a seat that doesn't recline. (Sorry, I lost my concentration after I thought I heard the headline reader say that a big tomato hit Colorado yesterday.)

Posted by Alan, 11:20 a.m. Friday, May 23 2008 Permalink

They wouldn't be so cruel as to put in pay toilets -- coin operated toilet paper dispensers, maybe, but not pay toilets!

Posted by George, 1:55 p.m. Friday, May 23 2008 Permalink

Glenn, If you could put your comments in the correct Coversation thread it would be greatly appreciated. That would be Reinvent your mornings, we are discussing Airlines here.

Posted by Jason, 8:21 p.m. Friday, May 23 2008 Permalink

Perhaps when flying to "warmer" destinations, the fuel surcharges could be waived for those passengers who are traveling in their bathing suits.

Posted by Gerry K., 11:53 p.m. Sunday, May 25 2008 Permalink