Originally Posted by
nigam
I think that in return for the monopoly, they guarantee that a cab will be waiting there 24 hours a day. I have flown in to other airports late at night and had a long wait for a taxi...
it's been awhile but I've flown into IAD late at night and had to wait as well - esp if flights are really late that night and the taxi guys require you to double/triple up and won't let the cabs go without doing so.

Hoping that's in the past but I don't know.