Originally Posted by number_6
Not true. There is a finding published on the DOT web site from a US Attorney that addresses cabotage. A secondary point in the finding is that carriage to/from the US can be on any carrier, not restricted to the carrier of the domestic leg, to avoid cabotage. The only requirement is that it must be on the same ticket (doesn't even have to be the same PNR, since that isn't a legal contract of carriage).
Do you have a link to this published finding?
What financial benefit is there for QF to not want to sell me a seat on QF107 LAX-JFK? By carrying me on that flight they get a greater portion of the DONE4 fare than they would if AA carried me. Its not as if the flight was oversold.
I believe the QF Airport Manager at JFK truely believed the rule as he stated it to me. Now, he may have been wrong, but going on my experience I believe that is what he believes the situation to be.