On Tue, 13 May 2008 09:03:02 -0700 (PDT), "Robert M. Gary"
wrote in
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On May 13, 7:58*am, Larry Dighera wrote:

In any case, from your statement above, it would appear that you
believe that government regulation would result in increased corporate
profits for airline companies. *Is that a bad thing for them or their
employees? *Would passengers accept the slight per-seat increase in
cost if it meant fewer and shorter flight delays? *In a free-market
we'll never have an opportunity to find out. *

If you believe pax would pay a bit more for a low-delay airline then
why don't you get rich by creating one.

Because in the current unregulated marketplace the air carriers'
competitive practice of booking as many flights as possible into hub
airports prohibits anyone from offering that service. And that's also
the root cause of the delays. I thought I made that clear.