Originally Posted by
bernardd
Note, WN are not always the cheapest, yet their brand image is strong and, here's the rub for CO - it's WN who are setting the price on many domestic routes, with the legacies forced to follow. That's how much the industry has changed in the last couple of decades.
And I was being a bit obtuse in my comments, starting with the "are you kidding me ..." but this is the heart of the matter, what I read was LK wanting government protection against WN. Re-regulation would basically eliminate WN's cost advantages and force us all to pay the higher fares necessary to support the higher cost structures of the legacy carriers.