[jollyllama]

You say that, but flying economy was much better back then. Less fights, more legroom. You've got to fly business today to get close.

[tt24]

Yeah and economy class was absurdly expensive and limited to rich people

[jollyllama]

I'd contend that inflation adjusted, the average flyer won out.

[SpicyLemonZest]

It was better because the Civil Aeronautics Board did not allow price competition, so the cost of economy tickets was much too high, on some routes reaching the inflation-adjusted level of business class tickets today.