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It's apparent we're not going to agree on Wright. Southwest has a hold on Love. I think American only has 2 gates there.
Wright was put in place to protect DFW. But, what you're missing is that in protecting DFW, Wright protected the taxpayers of Dallas and Ft. Worth who put their tax dollars into building DFW.

Southwest is lying when it says that Wright was passed to protect American Airlines and that Wright is keeping Southwest from flying where they want to. American Airlines was not a major player when Wright was passed and Wright does not restrict Southwest. Wright restricts any airline that flies out of Love just as you noted in your post. Southwest keeps saying that American doesn't want Wright repealed because they don't want to compete head to head with Southwest. American had flights out of Love before September 11th - Southwest, to my knowledge, hasn't ever had flights out of DFW, so just whose afraid of who? DFW has made many generous offers to Southwest - all rejected. There is an entire terminal available for Southwest to "move freely about the country" but they refuse to go there. The only one restricting Southwest is Southwest. Southwest prefers to whine on and on in their TV commercials about not being able to fly where they want to. If they really wanted to fly their customers without the restrictions of Wright, they just need to move to DFW.

I haven't heard SW ever say Wright was passed to protect AA. I've heard them say AA has fought the repeal of Wright and that's a true statement.

In no way am I missing Wright was passed to protect the taxpayers of DFW. I'm well aware of just whose money paid for DFW and as I stated in my last post, it was probably a good amendment at the time because it made the airlines transfer their operations to DFW. But as I also pointed out, DFW is a mature airport and doesn't need the protectionism of Wright any longer. AA might still need the protectionism but I prefer the free market to decide whether American makes it or breaks it.

Why should SW have to fly out of DFW when there's a perfectly good airport in Love Field? SW was established as a no frills inexpensive way to fly. It's cheaper to fly out of Love than it is out of DFW. Why should SW be penalized by having to pay for additional infrastructure and personnel out at DFW when they already have it in place at Love. The pro-Wright faction want to maintain the old status quo when it's no longer necessary. The DFW area has grown to the point to where it can support 2 airports just like Houston is supporting 2 airports. In reality the DFW area is already supporting 2 airports so why not repeal Wright where any airline who wants to fly out of Love without restriction be allowed to do so? Competition is healthy and better serves the customer.