'Hamburgler said:http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=208&search=Kelleher%20quotes
Very interesting article in its entirety, I think at the very least it shows that Herb didn't exactly get the wool pulled over his eyes and knows the issues that this presents - and at the time Wright was passed issued some statements to the effect that SWA was pleased with the outcome - as the alternative was them getting booted to DFW to compete with the then-current big guns. Wright was born out of community interests around Love Field and to support DFW - two claims which I think stand today.
More recently (11/05) from the Dallas Star-Telegram:
"Kelleher, who maintains that he accepted the Wright Amendment in 1979 to keep his airline together, has been leading the campaign to repeal the law that limits long-haul flying out of Love Field."
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/13141291.htm
And to SWA's credit, look where they are today - I think SWA dodged a bullet back in the day, and maybe it's finally time for them to compete with everyone else at DFW.
Ok, I have my Kevlar body armor on...
"very interesting article in it's entirety"?????? Did you read it all? I started out with a Kevin Cox assertion, then proceeded to rebut said assertion for the next four paragraphs.
Next, accepting a situation is one hell of a long way away from agreeing to that situation.
Finally, words mean things. Read with a critical mind and you'll go far.