regulation would be fine and dandy, it would improve service and possibly the experience
but with regulation it would also increase the price of tickets, it is a win-lose situation
foreign competition wouldn't work due to the fact of all the alliances, the extra planes that would need to be created for those routes and boeing and airbus are not able to build those planes quick enough, and the carriers would be too large to manage, not only would they have to worry about their own international routes they'd have to go into a new market which would take alot of resources, time and it would be alot of risk
Each airline pretty much has a hub in various areas of the country and it is legal and is just on a large scale, if the service was better people wouldnt complain as much but it is shyt, and it makes more sense to have a central "distribution" area which would help with costs, compared to having multiple areas. It is kind of like a company's headquarters, in various cases the majority of workers work out of headquarters and is the largest producer and so on, it is kinda like the same way with hubs, just headquarters for planes...............other airlines can fly there, just that the majority of the flights are operated by delta in atlanta, continental from newark, etc
the thing is people want better service for low prices, the airlines cant hire high priced workers that will make the job environment enjoyable for everyone due to the fact it costs too much, and the workers are not happy with their pay and it trickles down, and the whole system and rules are hard to follow and people put themselves in positions where they feel they have more authority then they really should
while regulation could be good, it will make many people unhappy due to the fact ticket prices will increase
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