Originally Posted by
jamesinclair
The American public sees the auto industry in a lot more favorable light than the airline industry. There was a lot more support for saving "American Made" cars than there probably is to save an industry that has repeatedly screwed over the customer at every turn.
Maybe the bad-will generated by a decade of baggage fees, minimal seat pitch, and poor customer service will be coming home to roost?
There's a big data point against your position: cabotage rules. If the public really viewed US airlines as horrible, you would see support for foreign competition coming in. Quite the opposite- basically every politician, even big time free traders, knows relaxing cabotage rules is political suicide. The public does not want the big 3 airlines to fail.