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A naive question... Based on the comparison Peter Thiel made here between the airline industry and Google. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLWyP83iU5M&list=PLG0NEzaDle...

How come no one has disrupted it? Surely there has to be way to make it work?

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I recently read an article about the government wasting money on billion dollar jets that didn't work for front-line fighting. The author suggested the slower, cheaper, and more capable WWII airplanes instead. Got me wondering, could someone maintain and fly dual prop or larger airplanes on the cheap and disrupt the airline industry with it's jets that cost hundreds of millions?

I have no idea if props or jets are more fuel efficient but I assume the former.

You would first have to build a suitable dual prop for long flights which costs hundreds of billions of dollars (boeing doesnt sell dual props I dont think for big commercial flights). Thats assuming you can get it working and fits with all the safety requirements and what not.

As such perhaps only for short distance flights? i.e. 3 hours.

Dual props are also a lot slower.

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