I am off to Washington DC on Wednesday to Lobby on Capitol Hill, to fight to keep the Wright Amendment the way it is for Dallas Love Field.
In a nutshell, the Wright Amendment states that Southwest Airlines, can only fly from Love Field to the adjoining states of Texas. SWA wants to appeal this so that they can expand their operation out of Love Field to compete with the rest of the Airlines who fly out of DFW.
We're not saying that we don't want SWA to continue to expand. They are more than welcome to get slots at DFW, instead of DAL!
SWA already has a monopoly in DAL, why can't they expand more flying out of their other hubs, like HOU?
I am stepping down from my soap box for now. I will give a full report of my first trip to capitol hill when I return!
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For anyone that wants the background on why the Wright Amendment should be kept in place, check out <a href="www.keepdfwstrong.com">www.keepdfwstrong.com</a>.
Legislation like this is a bad idea, and retaining such stipulations is no better. Let the airlines compete on their own terms and stay out of their way.
Most of what I read on the site you referred to makes little or no sense, especially if I try to consider it from Southwest's perspective.
Oops, that site was referred to by the first respondent!
Well, now that the Wright Amendment has been repealed, is YOUR airline going to start flying in and out of there? If a whole bunch of other carriers come into DAL, WN may wish they hadn't rocked the boat!
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