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2005/4/16-19 [Transportation/Airplane] UID:37224 Activity:kinda low
4/16    Quite decent article on why airline deregulation has blown major ass
        http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/04/16/airline_woes/index.html
        \_ How does making air travel more affordable "blow major ass"?
           \_ Cacelling pension obligations to keep the mediocre middle
              management of United in place is criminal for starters.
           \_ Wow, you didn't read the article.  What a surprise.
              \- that article has been classified as: ass. as in the case
                 of ca energy mkt the airline industry isnt totally
                 deregulated [and i am not suggesting it should be], but
                 there are some pretty unambiguously crazy regulations on
                 the books. YMWTGF: "wright amendment". a lot of the
                 allegation/evidence in the article have the flavor of
                 "there is a huge range of prices on torillas in SF. in fact
                 "there is a huge range of prices on tortillas in SF. in fact
                 i can buy a DVD player for the same amount $ as 15 packs
                 of torillas. isnt that crazy? there is a SF tortilla
                 of tortillas. isnt that crazy? there is a SF tortilla
                 conspiracy!". note: i am not taking a position on
                 airline dereg, just feel it isnt a good article.
                 BTW, if the source of the problem is mkr power [due to
                 BTW, if the source of the problem is mkt power [due to
                 mergers and concentration], that is a differnt problem
                 than dereg of prices. if you are more seriously interested
                 in IO analysis of airlines, look at something like Rand
                 Journal Econ. i dunno if they have free articles via WEEB.
                 they may be in something like JSTOR. ok tnx.
                 \_ Here's a quarter, go buy yourself a copy of Strunk
                    and White. Learn how to write in complete coherent
                    sentences.
                 \_ (Restored) Here's a quarter, go buy yourself a copy of
                    Strunk and White. Learn how to post in coherent
                    sentences. And don't be a fucking ass and delete
                    my post or I'll nuke yours like I did last night,
                    nitwit.
                <stop deleting my posts, jerkwad, and learn how to spell
                 tortilla>
                 \_ Why did you delete the post from the guy suggesting you
                    obtain an elementary English usage book?  This post does
                    look like it was written by drunken English tourists (and
                    makes about as much sense.)  -John
                 \_ Industry consolidation is a direct result of deregulation.
                    It was even one of deregulations goals.
                       \- As indicated above, I think it is productive to
                          distinguish between price-deg of previously regulated
                          fair on air routes and a general change in how much
                          vigorousness the DoC/FTC antitrust people persue
                          mkt concentration issues.
                     <and also learn how to spell "pursue">
                 \_ By the way, potential knee-jerkers should note that this
                    isn't a Republican/Democrat thing - airline deregulation
                    was a Carter initiative.
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Investor Relations Opinion Crash and burn Deregulation led airlines to shaft their customers -- and then go out of business! But the airlines that emerge from bankruptcy probably won't be any better. e-mail April 16, 2005 | The impending demise of nearly every major airline -- US Airways, Delta, United, Northwest and others are either in bankrupt cy or near to it -- should fill travelers with joy, given the way airlin es have treated us. Since deregulation unleashed the carriers' talons in the late 1970s, they have stuffed us into smaller seats and smaller pla nes, taken away perks ranging from meals to pillows, charged us capricio usly and exorbitantly, routed us through cities we never wanted to visit , and instituted ridiculous requirements like mandatory Saturday-night s tay-overs. Unfortunately, there's no guarantee that any new airlines that might emer ge from the financial wreckage of the current bunch will be any better. The industry has lost more than $30 billion since 2001, and high oil pri ces alone could lead to an additional loss of $5 billion this year. The nine largest US airlines are expected to report first-quarter losses t otaling at least $2 billion in the coming week. True, a few nimble airli nes like Southwest and Jet Blue are making a profit by offering flights at reasonable prices with few restrictions. But they are still a small p ercentage of the market and they may stay that way. Want to read the rest of this article and all of Salon for FREE?. Just watch a brief advertisement to get a FREE Site Pass for today. Or you can join Salon Premium today and rea d Salon without ads.