Originally Posted by Gordon C

"It's really not behaving like a deregulated industry when consolidation is denied," said Woerth, whose union represents 64,000 pilots in the U.S. and Canada. "If we're going to be deregulated, let's deregulate, and that means get out of the way."


Woerth said the U.S. should declare a "failing carrier doctrine" that lets financially troubled airlines merge without traditional roadblocks. Without that change, executives "think it's a complete waste of time to even talk about" mergers or acquisitions, he said.