Originally Posted by
FetaCheese
Airlines need to be regulated again. End of story. Ever since de regulation it's been a never ending cycle of doom, bust, and Airlines going under. In all the years prior to de-regulation going back to the 20s, the airline industry was relatively stable and the service was much better.
This experiment has failed.
The experiment has been incredibly successful. Air travel went from a luxury that only the wealthy/professional class could afford to 50% of Americans taking a flight in the past year. It just came at the cost of perpetual boom/bust cycles for aviation labor.