Yes, obviously Southwest will be dominant. The decisions they made years ago set this in motion. You look at Delta, they have obviously positioned themselves to be a strong international player while shrinking domestic ops. This was a smart move since Luv doesn't go international, it was the best way to avoid the competition. We'll still have regionals, but the regionals will downsize quite dramatically as well. Not as many big fish to feed, ticket prices will be cost-prohibitive for many of the Americans flying today. We'll probably see more airlines from foreign countries coming into the U.S. as well.

Maybe not 5 yrs. away, but we'll probably see increased use of carbon-fiber fuselages across the board for all aircraft types and the development of single pilot flight-decks where applicable in order to cut costs. Heck, they've already gone from 4, to 3, to 2, 1 is the next logical step. The public will go for it because it will ensure cheaper tickets, which, of course, in the eyes of the consumer is always more important than safety.

I wish I had a crystal ball, it's going to be very interesting to see what the airlines do in order to adapt to fuel costs.