"1. No airline to have more that 25% of the take off/landing slots at any airport .. I'd have no objections here.."
Here's where that falls down.
The airports, owned and operated by the local governments, will scream bloody murder. So let's say Delta can't have the slots it has at Atlanta, and are arbitrarily forced to reduce. There's going to be some unemployment going on there. What if another airline isn't interested in picking up those slots? It happens. The local government will be screaming about lost revenue.
Airlines with hubs enter into agreements with the local governments for the number of gates and slots they get. To change that is going to cause a "pebble in the water" effect, and not necessarily a good effect. I for one, don't like gambling with people's jobs.
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