<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Tango:
The big 3 went after Southwest in endorsing legislation to reduce the federal tax down to 7.5% and impose a segment tax. The thinking was Southwest would be at a disadvantage since most of their flights involve several stops/transfers.
Guess what happened? </font>
Southwest also decided to enter their long-haul markets, which hurt them even more...