Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
It's sad that
people US Government have to resort to laws in order to make people fly with US based airlines. So much for free trade which some countries talk about.
I think part of the original rationale was for OPSEC. It dates from a time when there was more travel risk if you were identified as a US Government employee and the thought was that US based carriers were safer. Of course, since then the number of US based carriers has dwindled.