You might also want to take a moment and realize that the airlines of today are not designed to make gobs of money. They are the host for all of the fleas to suck off of.
Whatever do you mean, ACL? If you are making the point that politicans (and public perception) have turned the entire industry into a smoking Greyhound bus, I probably agree with you.
-Unfortunately, the business sense of such a model is none too persuasive to potential investors.