• Barbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    Honestly, I wonder how long til we have to close down an airport because staff just stops showing up entirely. I feel like absenteeism has to have gone exponential.

    With the expense of flights, I also do think a lot about whether or not this disproportionately affects demographics who were more likely to have voted for Trump.

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      12 hours ago

      Wait…you think the vast majority of trump voters are wealthy?

      Uhhhhhh…I don’t even know how to respond to that without feeling like I’m talking down to you.

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        8 hours ago

        Wealthy people will be less affected. They will get a different flight and just charge it. Poorer people will need to wait for a refund or insurance to pay to get an alternative.

        I would also expect that the workers in states with less social benefits are more likely to have the staff not show up as they have to earn money elsewhere.