Originally Posted by cowtowner

http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/archives2/014164.html
“Beyond Runway 13L, in the middle of an area that local boosters called the Metroplex, the jet din was radiating repeatedly, on a schedule like Chinese water torture for the eardrums. … The ensuing community uproar was almost as loud. [Then American Airlines CEO Robert] Crandall fought back. … American wasn’t to blame for the noise problem at DFW, Crandall said. The culprit, he said, was Southwest Airlines. …