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After they federalize all the security screeners, then figure out the cost has tripled (not just because of pay, but all the new rules), then the airlines start folding due to increased expense and because travel is a hassle, etc. etc.

We will then have one airline run by the Federal Gov't. Free enterprise is gone. No frills. It is coming. Watch and see.

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News flash - the airline industry is not, and has not been for decades, a "free enterprise" system.

Prices in the airline industry are dominated by three realities:

1. The US government has a major interest in having the best aerospace technology available, therefore they subsidise the building of planes, because those same companies build military equipment.

2. Most nations know they need an airline as a means of attracting business, hence, planes are over priced because many of the players are loss leaders for a national economy.

3. The US government has, for some time, recognised the importance of having internal air transport capacity - as relevant federal laws allowing the US to commandeer aircraft for military necessity, force the resolution of labor disputes and so on show.

As for government doing law enforcement - good heavans! What will they think of next! Government providing military defense? It would be the end of the world!