With Economic Hardtimes Ahead, Is Travel Quality Being Compromised To Save Money

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How many of you travel for a living? Or even as part of your living? I do, and I have done a good amount of flying this past year. In that time, I have noticed a number of little changes that have not made me happy when it comes to travel. One of the first things I've noticed is that airlines are now charging money to check bags onto an airplane. Another is that there is nothing served on the airplane when it comes to meals...on longer flights they at least gave you a meal (I won't go so far as to call it a good meal, but you get the drift...) and that's been replaced with peanuts and a beverage, or nothing at all. The last thing I've noticed is the size of the flight crews that travel on the planes. It used to be that there were four or five stewards/stewardesses to an airplane, now there are two. I realize that the airlines need to make money, but are these cuts measures that are worth taking? The food, and even the cut in staff on the plane is acceptable, but charging extra on top of the ticket fee for luggage? Isn't that a little bit ridiculous? I mean, come on, if you want to charge extra, build it into the price of the ticket...because most of us who fly ARE checking luggage. Maybe you should make it an option at the time of ticket purchase to give a discount if you AREN'T checking luggage instead of making it feel like a penalty. How many of you have stories like these, or worse, about your recent experiences with the airlines? Does quality seem to be suffering?