Dare I sense a bit of free market-ism in your post, Alireza? -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alireza Alivandivafa Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:13 AM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Deregulation & Anti-trust Laws In a message dated 12/8/03 2:41:33 PM Pacific Standard Time, kurtzke@xxxxxx writes: > Maybe the coming thing in airlines is many airlines (from Southwest, > the recent startups, and the pieces of the coming bankrupt majors), > more point to point service, and a return of regulation. probably not. Regulation would harm WN and the others as they would no longer be able to ply any route they saw fit. Would also suck for our pocket books. I am a fan of safety regulation, not choice limiting regulation