Originally Posted by
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Airlines are like any other crafty business as they find a way to circumvent any parts of this bill in-order to make money. If the airlines have to raise their starting pay to attract applicants in which is debatable they most certainly will cut something else such as service or the number of aircraft they now operate. My two business degrees tell me raising salaries across the board even in one category is just like another tax dragging down the business.
Or they could raise ticket prices. This is something that will affect the industry as a whole. In the past the legacies had to compete with the low-cost air carriers with pricing but this will also affect those guys. After 9/11 taxes and fees became effective and passengers just got used to it. I see a gradual increase in price to absorb the extra cost.