Your'e right competition is a good thing but customers should know what they are buying and what the true quality of that product is before stepping on an aircraft.

Currently airlilnes run like a shell game outsourcing whatever they can, changing rules for customers frequently, while doing it under the apperance of one big happy airline. Domestic flying is outsourced to the lowest bidder, maintenance is outsourced overseas with little Fed oversight, and with internet ticket purchasing talking with a reservation agent (again outsourced) costs more money.

Mainline domestic workforces have been severely slashed over the last decade yet route structures remain relatively the same size. At what point does the outsourcing (domestic and overseas) end.

Perhaps when only the corporate headquarters remains will someone realize there is nothing left to outsource and no company left to run, only vendors to manage. What will the executives do when they need to outsource themselves to cut costs further just to remain competitive?

If I put my family on a plane I certainly don't want it operated by the lowest common denominator.