So with all this... I'm just wondering. What would happen if the big boys (UA, US, AA, etc) all went out of business? Do you think the government would allow that to happen? Clay - SEA -----Original Message----- From: John Kurtzke [mailto:kurtzke@xxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:25 PM Subject: Re: Re-regulate Again I too believe in freemarket economoics; however, I also believe in enforcing anti-trust legislation. Under both Democratic & Republican administrations, the Department of Justice allowed some mergers to go forward which should have been stopped. (Republic-Northwest, Delta-Western, US Air-Piedmont, to name a few.) john kurtzke On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 damiross2@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > I don't think most carriers, at least the regional ones, consistently made a > profit. Northeast rarely made a profit. The regionals (Southern, Allegheny, > etc.) were heavily subsidized so any profit they made was not a real profit. > > I believe 100% in free market economics. If an airline (or any company) cannot > survive without marketplace competition, then it should not survive. > > Flying today is much safer than it was during the regulated error mainly due to > the aircraft themselves. With high tech, the aircraft just about tell the > mechanics what is wrong with them. > > No, going back to a economically regulated industry would not be a very bad > mistake. You would not have any of the low cost carriers such as Southwest > or JetBlue. > > David R > > damiross2@xxxxxxxxx writes: > > > > > had nothing to do with being the safest > > > > In those days most carriers made a profit and didnt have to scimp/cut > > maintainance like the do today-I think the system then in place made for > > better maintained acft and safer flying. > > Dennis > -- John F. Kurtzke, C.S.C. Department of Mathematics 278 Buckley Center University of Portland Portland, OR 97203 503-943-7377 kurtzke@xxxxxx