Originally Posted by
LittleBoyBlew
If the government feels they have a need to interfere in a free market transaction, then perhaps they should subsidize the losses. Example: a fixed priced on jet fuel and subsidy of un-profitable routes. Hell why not just NATIONALIZE the airline industry and turn the whole dam thing in to a 3rd world nation mass transit system. We are not too far from this now. If the government has a duty to intervene in the free market, then friends, "it is NOT a free market". The ex- Soviets must be having the last laugh now.
Now THERE's an interesting (and true) comment. Our government is doing practically everything they can to submarine most US industries. They couldn't give a rat's ass about the airline industry... just like they didn't care about the auto industry, the TV manufacturing industry... the list is endless. Now it's our time in the barrel. They want Walmart in the skies. They want $49 coast to coast flights with champagne, caviar and TV. If it takes allowing MR RATS coming in here and flying, so be it. And the irony is that THEY are subsidized, by THEIR government. (Also of note is the fact that we, the American taxpayer paid to have airports like JFK modified to accept the A380. How many American carriers are flying that POS?)