IIRC the big concern about it was the DFW folks were told or afraid that basically if everyone didn't move to DFW then basically no one would go and the airport would not pay for itself. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:43 AM Subject: Re: article: One-stop flights: a Wright solution? > Actually, Wright was put in by an otherwise pretty decent Congressman > named > Jim Wright in order to protect the interests of his Fort Worth > constituency. > There was never a plan to bulldoze DAL, only the idea to use the law of > contracts to get everyone to move over to DFW and close it to commercial > traffic. WN > decided against moving and was supported by the Supreme Court in their > decision. The support wasn't there in Congress to close the facility > outright, > particularly with a tenant still there. As far as Denver goes, that > airport > benefited everyone involved because of the sheer mess that was Stapleton. > They > were able to get every carrier to sign on to the move to DIA because > everyone > wanted to move. > > In a message dated 3/27/2006 7:03:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, > exatc@xxxxxxxxxx writes: > >> IIRC the Wright Ammendment was the alternative to bulldozing DAL. >> What about Denver?