Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Nonsense. When the DOJ has been allowing far bigger mergers for years, and continues to allow joint ventures even with airlines in other nations, they have no justification to even become involved in this.
if Congress wants to PROSPECTIVELY write actual LAWS regulating control of percentages of gates and slots and alliances, both foreign and domestic, that EVERYONE will have to live by, so be it. But if the DOJ is going to be offended by the size of the fifth largest airline then they better be damn well ready to compel the four larger ones to split up just like they once compelled Bell telephone to break up and also then to stop the Big Three from code-sharing with all their regionals and their Joint Venture, Skyteam, and Star Alliance partners. What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
While it would perhaps be hopelessly optimistic to expect rationality from a government agency, at a minimum one ought to expect consistency.
I don't disagree with this, I'm just saying what I want to happen. They kill the NEA, our entire SCOPE we negotiated in CBA1 is restored with no NEA carve out. Selfishly I want this because the pairings have been diminished since the NEA. I was a BOS-SAN and BOS-LAX 2 day kinda guy. Once the NEA came into play, a lot of the transcon flying went away and I can't hold those trips anymore. That's just one example of what I'm sure many others can chime in with how their QOL has gone down due to the reduced flying with certain city pairs.