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Bill Mulcahy wrote:
> 
> As this subject is taboo for any government agency (we can't hurt the
> airline industry you know)  to talk about, 

Nothing personal, Bill, but this isn't exactly true. The auto industry,
the real estate industry, and the agriculture industry (all of which
have substantial financial clout and political lobbying power) pressure
many federal agencies on aircraft issues. The auto industry has a long
track record of working to reduce competition from other transportation
industries (remember GM's famous dismanteling of mass transit systems?).
Where the auto industries see direct competition to car sales, they
usually act. Airlines, especially the ones that compete directly with
automobiles (the short hop "commuter" flights and all those bargain
fares such as the $39 Detroit - Chicago or Detroit - Toronto weekend
specials: just examples from my immediate area) could be seen as such
competition.

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