The lounges used to have piano bars. Coach lounges. :(

More info and sources at bottom.

Find me elsewhere:
Instagram:   / philedwardsinc  
Twitter:   / philedwardsinc  
Patreon:   / philedwardsinc  

Where I get my music (Free trial affiliate link):
https://share.epidemicsound.com/olkrqv

My camera, as of February 2022 (affiliate link):
https://amzn.to/3HDcWVz
My main lens: https://amzn.to/3IteXEK
My main light: https://amzn.to/3pjO0M8
My main light accessory: https://amzn.to/3M6eL0j

OK - I felt a lot of insecurity about this video knowing that plane people would be watching it. I hope you'll bear some of the generalizations. I do think they're pretty right though.

Here's a grab bag of sources with notes:

FRED on Load factor chart: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LO...
Tweet that inspired the vid:   / 1602801281864810496  

Info on present day prices (a Think Tank blog post with a lobbying group buried inside so, I dunno, buyer beware): https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/even-w...

General dereg paper:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/7254...)

CAB Domestic Fare investigation: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3003...)

The paper I excerpt in the video (best overall history): https://www.jstor.org/stable/3115845

OpEd I read on dereg (biased of course, but you know):
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4331...

Kennedy's CAB report:
https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewconte...

Another anti-regulation op-ed:
https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewconte...

The CAB's investigation:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

The Federal Register I cite:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/F...

I just like these photo strip things like these, they're kinda fun:
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/174504