Well, you know that 3 hour rule on US planes... that a law came into effect that no one should be trapped that long on an aircraft?

Guess who has priority at gates now as ground crew (run mostly by own airline) give preference to their own over foreign airlines... So what if an airline can't take off or lands without a gate...? Oh, a UA flight is waiting? Go right ahead... we dont' want to be fined.. so the other airlines can wait! .. heard this from a friend who works at a US airport!