"Delivering petitions collected at bars, restaurants and other
non-aviation related venues to Washington is a cheap publicity
stunt that uses the false promise of low fares to masquerade
Southwest's real objective -- to renege on a compromise they agreed
to in 1979 and create a legislatively protected monopoly at Love
Field. What they fail to mention in their campaign is the negative
affect repealing the Wright Amendment would have on the D/FW
Metroplex and surrounding counties from a resulting loss of jobs
and economic strength."
Source: Statement by American Airlines unions
trashing Southwest Airlines for its attempts to repeal the Wright
Amendment. That piece of legislation, in effect for decades,
restricts flights out of Dallas Love Field. Rather than accept
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