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Losing even one in 10 customers would substantially reduce airlines' revenue. They don't make much money on each flight as it is; less income would likely cause them to shrink their service, flying fewer routes less frequently.
The problem wouldn't just be customers who chose not to fly. Some passengers might split trips between self-driving cars and airplanes, which would further reduce airlines' revenue. For instance, a person in Savannah, Georgia, who wants to go to London could choose to change planes in Atlanta—or take a self-driving car to the Atlanta airport, and skip the layover.
These changes could substantially change the aviation industry, with airlines ordering fewer airplanes from manufacturers, airports seeing fewer daily flights and lower revenue from parking lots, and even airport hotels hosting fewer guests. The future of driverless cars is appealing to consumers—which means the future of commercial flight is in danger.
A personal fondling session from a TSA agent named Brad, or 5 hours in your self-driving Mazda that your four-year old smeared peanut butter in?
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 12 2019, @04:20AM (2 children)
I'm guessing the truck stop hookers would be cheaper (possibly significantly so) than one you found online who will come to your hotel.
It's a win/win!
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 12 2019, @07:07AM (1 child)
Escorts technically aren't hookers, plus they add in transit cost to and from the hotel. Unless you're talking about the ones that hang around in the bar/lobby of high end hotels. They're expensive since the hotel staff gets a cut.
Self driving cars would be a boon to the sex work industry. No need for hotels or corners. John calls, you pick them up and the car drives around the block while you work. You can call yourself a ride share service. With heavy tint.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 12 2019, @02:31PM
Yep. And military advisers aren't technically soldiers either.
I'm aware of the economics (as is probably anyone else who gives it about 30 seconds of thought).
I will take issue with your treatment of transit costs, especially as electric vehicles become more common, so will the practice of hotels and other places providing free charging. This will allow (sanctioned or not) the hookers to reduce fuel costs significantly.
As for the cost of a place to do business, out-call [quora.com] means that the john provides the location, not the escort. So that's not an issue unless you're picking up street hookers, which is a significantly different scenario, and those girls likely won't have a car anyway.
As such, it's unlikely that the out-call girls will bring you to their own cars (self-driving or not), given that they are coming to you in the first place, and they generally have a driver who provides both transportation and muscle, often to multiple girls.
Besides, can't we just accept the trope that truck-stop whores are generally skankier than out-call escorts and, as such, they will generally charge less? Just sayin'.