Not sure why you call us vs them an American sentiment. I think you'll find equally many Americans pissed off about this because it is an experiment in how much you have to abuse poor people to successfully extract more profit out of the lower middle class.
We already have people dying of deep vein thrombosis due to inadequate leg room. Now they want to take away the restroom. When train systems of old did that, people started defecating in the cabin. That and overcrowding spread disease. I'm sure the thread of cholera will get another 10% of the population to pony up $50.
Next step (based on railway abuses) is to pipe "more" oxygen into first and economy plus. (The rails stopped covering the economy section in some areas, but I don't think airlines could get away with depressurizing coach).
After that: Livestock!
(I had a reference for this railway stuff, it was a famous historcal book. Can't find it right now.)
Also, the US air system used to be heavily regulated and much nicer from a customer service perspective. A lot of Americans still remember those days.
We already have people dying of deep vein thrombosis due to inadequate leg room. Now they want to take away the restroom. When train systems of old did that, people started defecating in the cabin. That and overcrowding spread disease. I'm sure the thread of cholera will get another 10% of the population to pony up $50.
Next step (based on railway abuses) is to pipe "more" oxygen into first and economy plus. (The rails stopped covering the economy section in some areas, but I don't think airlines could get away with depressurizing coach).
After that: Livestock!
(I had a reference for this railway stuff, it was a famous historcal book. Can't find it right now.)
Also, the US air system used to be heavily regulated and much nicer from a customer service perspective. A lot of Americans still remember those days.