SWAPoolie
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Gordon Bethune and the Wrong Amendment
Ex-Continental CEO call Wright Amendment "anticompetitive": Former Continental CEO Gordon Bethune apparently thinks the Wright Amendment that restricts flights at Dallas Love Field should be overturned. In an opinion piece he wrote for Time magazine titled "How to fix the airline mess," Bethune mentions the law that has been at the center of controversy in north Texas. While discussing what he calls the government's "countless rules imposed" on the airline industry, he cited the Wright Amendment as an example of "anticompetitive legislation." The amendment restricts flights at Dallas Love Field to seven states near Texas. Southwest has its home airport at Love Field, and is leading an effort to overturn Wright. On the other side, American and Dallas/Fort Worth International have led a campaign to keep the amendment in place.
USA Today
Ex-Continental CEO call Wright Amendment "anticompetitive": Former Continental CEO Gordon Bethune apparently thinks the Wright Amendment that restricts flights at Dallas Love Field should be overturned. In an opinion piece he wrote for Time magazine titled "How to fix the airline mess," Bethune mentions the law that has been at the center of controversy in north Texas. While discussing what he calls the government's "countless rules imposed" on the airline industry, he cited the Wright Amendment as an example of "anticompetitive legislation." The amendment restricts flights at Dallas Love Field to seven states near Texas. Southwest has its home airport at Love Field, and is leading an effort to overturn Wright. On the other side, American and Dallas/Fort Worth International have led a campaign to keep the amendment in place.
USA Today
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