[taxcontrol]

Airlines these days fill little more than half the seats on their planes

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What???? - I don't believe it for a min. I've been 100% travel since Dec and have YET to be on a flight less than 75% full. (Toronto, Newark, Orlando, Denver, Minneapolis, and Midway)

[TheMole]

That line about half-full flights struck me as ridiculous also. I've flown about 8 times in the past 18 months (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Seattle, San Jose, Los Angeles) and every plane was packed. In fact, it seems clear that if they aren't full they get cancelled, and so travellers in places like San Jose can get stuck there for another day or two until there are enough passengers to fill up a plane to Seattle or wherever it is they're trying to go.