Comments on: American Hotair Lines

By: Voice of Reason

Voice of Reason — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 17:06:26 +0000

The thread I mentioned previously ( http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=437016 ), has now generated over 1000 replies and 28,000 page views. Looks like AA’s having a bit more difficulty than they anticipated.

By: Voice of Reason

Voice of Reason — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 01:48:06 +0000

Would you believe that particular quote has triggered a thread on a website called “flyertalk.com” (see http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=437016 )that has generated over 200 replies and over 6,500 page views to date. I think the brazen cynicism struck a raw nerve with quite a few people.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 30 May 2005 13:22:24 +0000

That’s odd. In my dialect, words like “north” and “south,” connote a separate state altogether.

That’s how I would have thought too before I moved here to subtropical west (by God) Georgia. About the only Southern state that uses the -ern suffix at all, seems to me, is Virginia.

For obvious reasons.

By: Signifying Nothing

Signifying Nothing — Sat, 28 May 2005 05:02:02 +0000

Moving Wright along

American Airlines’ pathetic campaign to protect its monopolistic practices in Dallas-Fort Worth has reached a new low with this jaw-droppingly asinine press release that actually accuses Southwest of monopolistic behavior. On the heels of two Dallas-…

By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Sat, 28 May 2005 04:36:16 +0000

Not only that, but Southwest isn’t even allowed to sell connecting tickets from Love Field to any state not on the Wright Amendment list. So you can fly Southwest from Dallas to Jackson (Miss.) via Houston Hobby, but you can’t fly Southwest from Dallas to Nashville via Hobby unless you buy two separate tickets and transfer your own checked baggage.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Sat, 28 May 2005 02:17:51 +0000

Michael: That’s odd. In my dialect, words like “north” and “south,” connote a separate state altogether. Cf. North Dakota, South Korea, West Virginia, East Palo Alto.

BTD Greg: I know. That’s why I picked L.A. as an example. [But what about East L.A.? That is part of L.A., you know. -Ed. Shut up, and stop calling yourself Ed. -Ed.]

By: BTD Greg

BTD Greg — Sat, 28 May 2005 02:05:44 +0000

One minor clarification on the Wright Amendment: It allows flights from Love Field to anywhere in Texas, plus to adjacent states. Thus, I can fly to Albequerque or Little Rock, but not, say, Chicago.

It’s unbelievable that AA’s trying to paint Southwest as the bully here.

By: Michael Angier

Michael Angier — Sat, 28 May 2005 00:27:30 +0000

Southwest Airlines has been stuck at Love Field (The old Dallas & Fort Worth airport) since it was founded. At the time, Jim Wright (D) was Speaker of the House and made it part of Federal Law that no out-of-state flights could originate or terminate at Love Field in order to promote the newly built DFW. Fortunately for Southwest, its early growth was in short-hop flights with Love as its hub. Now that Southwest has flights from coast to coast, it would be beneficial to have the ability to fly from Dallas to the west coast without having to stop in Amarillo, Lubbock, El Paso or Midland due to a bit of Federally mandated protectionism for DFW. I think that DFW is now well established enough that it can withstand the competition after around 25 years of protection.

As to the parts of Texas… The Texas panhandle while north of all of “north” Texas, is not north Texas. West Texas is south of the panhandle, but does not usually refer to the western most portion of Texas (El Paso) often referred to as “Big Bend Country”. Then there is West, Texas, a town in central Texas….

By: David

David — Fri, 27 May 2005 22:27:13 +0000

Yes, Texans do refer to that part of Texas as “North Texas”, it helps to differentiate that area of Texas from that of the Panhandle which is the true “northern” part of Texas.