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View from the Wing @view_from_the_wing@robot.villas
· 2d ago
Airport Lounges Just For Singles--A Boarding Pass, A Cover Charge, And A Chance At Finding Love https://viewfromthewing.com/airport-lounges-just-for-singles-a-boarding-pass-a-cover-charge-and-a-chance-at-finding-love/ #Travel #Aviation #Airports
Airport Lounges Just For Singles—A Boarding Pass, A Cover Charge, And A Chance At Finding Love
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Airport Lounges Just For Singles—A Boarding Pass, A Cover Charge, And A Chance At Finding Love

A traveler wants major airports to open lounges just for single people: pay to get in, meet other singles, and skip the guessing about whether someone wants to be approached. The comments immediately went to (a) married men and (b) Minute Suites.

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
· 1mo ago
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And if you'd like to see some facts about Privatization in other jurisdictions, here’s a recent report from the Canadian Labour Congress. https://documents.clcctc.ca/PAC/2026/Public%20Runways,%20Private%20Profits%20(FINAL).pdf "Supporters of privatization point to Canada’s high relative airfares, the prospect of government revenue windfall, and the profitability of overseas for-profit privatized airports.” "Opponents cite Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom as documented cases of privatization producing higher airline and consumer charges, decreased service quality, workforce squeezes, and abuse of market power inherent to airports' status as natural monopolies. Estimates suggest that a private investor requires 15-20% more revenue than airports currently generate– and that gap can only come from fares, fees, wages, or reduced government rent.” Their conclusion: "Airport workers and air travellers should oppose this shift from the current publicly-owned, non-profit model. Under for-profit airport ownership, revenue must be extracted somewhere: consumers, workers, or the government will pay the price.” #elbowssomething #airports #privatization #sellout #transportation #greed #publicgood #airtravel #canada #canpoli #cdnpoli
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
· 1mo ago
Oh look! Carney is doing that thing absolutely NO ONE voted for him to do!! Selling out our public infrastructure to the highest bidder so we can all pay more for flights that are already expensive and for which we have no land based alternative! Weeeeeeeeeee #elbowssomething Sub headline of the article: “Fares rose 'massively' when Australia privatized its airports, expert says” But I bet the shareholder ROI was great! https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/how-will-airport-privatization-impact-travel-9.7189042 #airports #privatization #sellout #transportation #greed #publicgood #airtravel #canada #canpoli #cdnpoli
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plzupgrademe @plzupgrademe@fedi.txw.ca
· 3mo ago
Unpopular Opinion, but I love O’Hare Airport. The aesthetic is very ‘not so distant, but bright future’ to me reminiscent of Star Trek:TNG. To me, it looks like it could just as easily be ‘Starfleet Academy’ as an airport. And it’s clean, efficient, and not a bad place to be in a travel delay. And there is a masseuse who was a former Boxer/Fighter at the Airport massage place, you gotta ask for him! He uses his hands for good now, but he’s got the Tiger in him! #travel #airtravel #airports
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Avi Lewis @avilewis@mstdn.ca
· 6mo ago
The government should be protecting our public airports, not selling them off for parts. History is littered with examples of the failures of privatization. It drives up costs for the public, quality suffers, and workers always end up paying the price. #cdnpoli #airports #NDP
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