As far as I know, the federal government controls only military airports and DCA/IAD. Maybe he means the air traffic but even then that's not true at all controlled airports. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Hough" <psa188@xxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 17:25 Subject: [AIRLINE] Fwd: US airlines: cyclically bankrupt, heavily subsidized I'm not sure where he gets "The U.S. government controls all airports -- one reason why no entirely new facility has been built in this country in more than 20 years." Hasn't he ever been to DEN?