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  • raf0

    TBO, if it weren't for govt regulations the aviation industry would've gotten their own standards and airports would demand compliance from airlines. It is a tight market and if your plane goes down you risk an instant bankruptcy anyway - you know you must have your hardware in check.
    Actually, this market is a good example of how free economy benefits the consumer: since the market was liberalized in Europe and anyone can start an airline I have been flying all around Europe for the same price as a taxi to the city centre. Before that there were monopolies and fares were expensive as fuck.

    Look at the railways system in the UK: since they were privatised they compete with each other. You have posters with on-time stats on every station and the service is superb.

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    • I certainly wouldn't use that adjective to describe the train service in the UK. Good, possibly, but not superbBeeachboy
    • Trains are very expensive, because they're run by companies that only care about profit.
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    • The service is adequate, imo... I used to commute and the amount of fckups was unbelievable.
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    • haha.. but they're not heavily subsidized anymore, unlike the rest of railway systems in Europe?raf
    • the privatised railways cannot afford or wont pay maintenance. Gov/we do. JeezuzShaney
    • they are talking about buying some of them back they so bad. talk about stretching points to suit argumentsShaney
    • I must have outdated info then, last thing I read was they were approaching profitabilityraf
    • privatisation isn't the fix-all you think it is.
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