----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Greenwood" <mgreenwood@telus.net> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 02:11 Subject: Re: If I ran United... > They all dropped commissions within a week. That's about as close as you get > to simultaneous in the airline industry. Apples and apples. Nope, simultaneous means just that. My point though was more along the lines that the traveling public is much more likely to be in a position to demand such investigations than a comparatively few travel agents. > Steven Catron wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mark Greenwood" <mgreenwood@telus.net> > > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 21:57 > > Subject: Re: If I ran United... > > > > > All of the airlines dropped commissions simultaneously and there was no > > > Federal investigation into collusion so don't hold your breath on that > > one > > > Steven. > > Simultaneously? That's not how I recall it. > > > > Apples and oranges, anyway.