I stand corrected, thanks Kap and PG.

I will say one thing... the open skies agreement may not work for the US3, but it really works for the likes of FedEx, UPS, Atlas, and other supplementals. It also works for Boeing workers as well as smaller businesses Boeing contracted with to fulfill these massive orders. Are those jobs any less valuable than US passenger airline jobs?

As an expat, for example, it sickens me to see no US airline serving Abu Dhabi. American codeshares with Etihad... why isn't American metal flying from DFW or Chicago or JFK or MIA or LAX to AUH where they can utilize that codeshare to connect with Etihad's India and further eastward flights? Hell, coming back to the US, you can clear at AUH so when you land at any of the US airports and make your connection, it's just like a domestic flight... No insane immigration lines in the US... and no other US airline could offer it.

I find it somewhat hypocritical that UAL and DAL only have 1 flight a day to DXB. American doesn't even fly into the region, and yet codeshares with Etihad and Qatar, but say they're unfairly disadvantaged.

I don't know, but it's kinda hard to take the US3 complaints seriously if they're refusing to compete and also completely ignore other US companies that greatly benefit from these treaties.