Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Wright proposal: ludicrous
If local interests are allowed to control the fate of air travelers nationwide, restrictions will remain on Dallas' Love Field till 2015. The Dallas Morning News carries the grim report.
We ask, what is in it for Southwest?
What is in it for the traveling public?
More dangerous is the proposal to destroy valuable gate capacity. We presume this means, among other things, the new Legend terminal. Since transportation facilities can not be easily rebuilt, and are fantastically expensive when they are, this is nonsense and one would hope that SOMEONE would stop the madness. You can read the entire disappointing mess in the Dallas Morning News update.
The latest compromise in the fight over long-haul flights at Dallas Love Field would leave most of the Wright amendment in place until 2015, rather than gradually phase it out, a Dallas official close to the negotiations said Tuesday.
However, the resolution would immediately allow so-called through ticketing, allowing passengers to travel anywhere in the United States if they first stop in a state within the existing nine-state Wright amendment perimeter.
We ask, what is in it for Southwest?
What is in it for the traveling public?
More dangerous is the proposal to destroy valuable gate capacity. We presume this means, among other things, the new Legend terminal. Since transportation facilities can not be easily rebuilt, and are fantastically expensive when they are, this is nonsense and one would hope that SOMEONE would stop the madness. You can read the entire disappointing mess in the Dallas Morning News update.
