Evergreen's Gerald Koenig says that's inevitable, and airlines ought to accept it. So flying public, you buckle your chin strap because the airplane's going to be as safe as it always was, but you're going to get the shock at the ticket counter when you pay. A third alternative would be to slow the growth of the aviation industry. More than a million and a half passengers fly in the U.S. every day. Something has to give, and what will certainly give is the availability of aircraft.
Today there's lots of flights.
If we continue in this fashion, I would envision that we would have to cut some of the flights, because safety is the number one issue. You've got to do the maintenance. You've got to do the modifications. You've got to be inspecting these airplanes, and that takes time. The U.S. Department of Transportation says flying is still the safest way to travel.