Originally Posted by
EdGrimley
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/bu...greements.html
The chief executives of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines recently joined together to quietly lobby the Obama administration to restrict access by fast-growing rivals based in the Persian Gulf. They cited unfair competition from the Middle East carriers Emirates, Etihad Airlines and Qatar Airways, which they say receive large government subsidies that put domestic carriers at a disadvantage.
We should limit them to the same number of flights that US airlines fly to their "country", end the Bank of Boeing welfare and hit them with a tarrif for any remaining Airbus welfare, refuse to allow any "selling" of rights to/from any other country operated by them, end the "expat" tax loophole and charge them full fed rates or make them renounce, and send them a bill for their defense.
