Reply #99: Nowhere near as bad as back then.

[cobalt1999]

I've been traveling extensively for years and have been through both systems (regulated and de-regulated).

If you live in a hub city you will be hit with a higher airfare, but you'll have lots of flights to your destination. If you live outside of a hub, once you get to a hub, again, you have lots of flight options.

Back then, I'd have to fly from one small town to another small town to a city then due to lack of flight options, maybe spend the night there before catching another flight. It was horrible and twice the cost. The fact that everyone was extremely pleasant and you got food/drinks didn't make up for the deficiencies in the system.