NEWS: Wright Amendment...Where's the Love?
Senate Commerce panel to weigh repeal of Wright amendment
The firestorm over the Wright Amendment continues with Dallas-Fort Worth(DFW) airport officials, city representatives, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines all offering opinions on the matter. Now the debate moves to Congress but a couple of intriguing twist in the plot have occurred
It goes without saying that DFW airport officials are going to whine about the damaging a repeal of the Wright Amendment would be to their operation. Initially Dallas Mayor Laura Miller agreed but she has changed her mind and suggests a compromise may be the right thing.
And now American Airlines has been talking with the good folks at Love Field. It seems the two met last week just to talk, you know, no big deal. Now, I'm not suggesting that American is jumping sides by simply meeting with officials from Love Field. More likely this is a probe to get a feel for the situation at Love. American must recognize that if the Wright Amendment gets tossed out then they are going to need some sort of a presence there. They have been absent since pulling out after 9/11.
Southwest continues to push for nothing short of a total repeal but its tough sledding. There are a fair number of powerful folks that oppose this including some folks in Congress.
The firestorm over the Wright Amendment continues with Dallas-Fort Worth(DFW) airport officials, city representatives, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines all offering opinions on the matter. Now the debate moves to Congress but a couple of intriguing twist in the plot have occurred
It goes without saying that DFW airport officials are going to whine about the damaging a repeal of the Wright Amendment would be to their operation. Initially Dallas Mayor Laura Miller agreed but she has changed her mind and suggests a compromise may be the right thing.
And now American Airlines has been talking with the good folks at Love Field. It seems the two met last week just to talk, you know, no big deal. Now, I'm not suggesting that American is jumping sides by simply meeting with officials from Love Field. More likely this is a probe to get a feel for the situation at Love. American must recognize that if the Wright Amendment gets tossed out then they are going to need some sort of a presence there. They have been absent since pulling out after 9/11.
Southwest continues to push for nothing short of a total repeal but its tough sledding. There are a fair number of powerful folks that oppose this including some folks in Congress.
posted by The ACK at
16:05
