Originally Posted by
GaryZ
Spoken like a true Marxist, err, socialist...
Or a realist.
The government, through slot controls, created a closed market. Therefore, the government needs to artificially impose conditions on the market that will result in a trend towards free market tendencies. Allowing two carriers to circumvent these controls (through a swap) is not good.
Does anyone think that if US had been successful in their attempt to buy DL, they would have been permitted to keep all the slots at DCA and LGA post-merger? If not, then why should a swap be allowed either?