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minus-squaremazigoth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up35·8 months agoThat’s half a year’s salary for a LOT of people, damn right it’s expensive
minus-squareILikeBoobieslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoA one way first class from Toronto to New York City is 1-3k On the low end that’s only 20 people for a private flight, on the higher end it’s 6-7 for a whole plane
minus-squaremonk@lemmy.unboiled.infolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down31·edit-28 months agoNot a lot. Several percent, maybe. EDIT: not a lot of people is what I meant. Most earn much, much less.
minus-squareTheDonkerZlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·8 months agoI actually can’t tell if you’re being serious or not… Are you…? Average salary in my city is ~$60k. $20k for a flight is ludicrous.
minus-squareironeagl@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·8 months agoFor the people / businesses who book these flights.
minus-squareTheDonkerZlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoYeah, but the conversation is about people being bale to afford it at all? Of course people who can afford it… Can afford it? That number is under 1% of the population, so it really shouldn’t be a thing.
minus-squaremonk@lemmy.unboiled.infolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down13·8 months agoThe world is not just USA.
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 months agoYou’re right, it’s even worse economically in many places.
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoAnd yet there’s no where that $20k USD is a reasonable amount
minus-squareMadhuGururajan@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months agoThat makes you even more wrong as 20k USD is quite expensive.
minus-squaremonk@lemmy.unboiled.infolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoThat’s what I’ve been stressing in the first place!
minus-squareTheDonkerZlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoI live in Canada, so… Doesn’t have anything to do with $20k being absurd, but…
20k one way is expensive?
That’s half a year’s salary for a LOT of people, damn right it’s expensive
A one way first class from Toronto to New York City is 1-3k
On the low end that’s only 20 people for a private flight, on the higher end it’s 6-7 for a whole plane
Not a lot. Several percent, maybe.
EDIT: not a lot of people is what I meant. Most earn much, much less.
I actually can’t tell if you’re being serious or not…
Are you…?
Average salary in my city is ~$60k. $20k for a flight is ludicrous.
For the people / businesses who book these flights.
Yeah, but the conversation is about people being bale to afford it at all? Of course people who can afford it… Can afford it? That number is under 1% of the population, so it really shouldn’t be a thing.
The world is not just USA.
You’re right, it’s even worse economically in many places.
And better in others.
And yet there’s no where that $20k USD is a reasonable amount
That makes you even more wrong as 20k USD is quite expensive.
That’s what I’ve been stressing in the first place!
I live in Canada, so…
Doesn’t have anything to do with $20k being absurd, but…