Don't forget the wonderful GOVERNMENT idea to take the gates away from airlines in Kennedy so they could then try to give them to foriegn carriers or just sell them back to the us carriers and make more money. The government is doing a great job there. You are right the government has stuck there nose in the airline industry before. lets see we still have United and US Airways besause of government intervention. That went so well lets have more of that. Yes those airlines are still around at the expense of all the others that were making good desisions. You are right on one think the government is already involved partly. But the answer is not more government but less. If the government takes over than they can say "NO AIRLINE PILOT WILL MAKE MORE THAN 200,000 A YEAR." I don't know how you see things but that WILL happen if the government gets their way even without regulation. People think we are over paid workers that just sit on our *** and drink coffee. You may be happy with regional pay rates or the major rates that are pittiful but I am not.