Originally Posted by gloopy

And they very clearly get massive preference from ATC at all levels. If that's pizza parties then DUH we need to be doing that. But I suspect its holdover from the days when the FAA's mandate was blatantly and openly written to be more about commerce over safety and they were literally ordered to do everything they could to help the poor underdog consumer save by any means necessary. Cleared direct, everyone hold for them so they can get right out, vectors so the SWA behind you can land first, never ground their fleet, look the other way and just a slap on the wrist when caught, etc.