Word: airlinese
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some of the war stories that wafted on the early-autumn Corning air were painfully autobiographical. Marilyn Bereson of public TV's Consumer Survival Kit had so much trouble with her car that she declared publicly at another consumer conference that she would never again buy a General Motors...
Airlines try to end discontent over discounts
During the mad, magnificent peak travel season of '78, commercial flying finally became a mass transit business. Drawn by all the bargain fares, hordes of vacationers-retired couples, hirsute backpackers, whole families loaded down with bikes, fold-up baby strollers and other paraphernalia -swarmed into the nation's...
Some airlines are moving to deal with a particular peeve of the full-fare flyer: that once he or she managed to get a reservation and to elbow on board a crowded plane, chances were that the passenger sitting in the next seat and getting the same service had paid...
There will be no dividing bulkhead; the boundary will be movable and marked in much the same way that no-smoking areas are now defined. In the cheaper section, seats will usually all be filled, drink and food service will be last and the menu may be more limited. Whatever...