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Is it just me, or does anybody else think that some competition might actually improve the airline business, improve service, and save everybody a bunch of money? If these inept carriers are confident of a couple hundred million from the government every year to ensure that they remain in business and continue to prove their "vital public service" - which, incidentally, should only be considered as vital as the public chooses to take advantage of it - they're not going to do anything to streamline themselves and not lose that billion or two per year. I know that I don't want so much of my money going, without my consent, to support outdated, inefficient business models. Let them declare bankruptcy and make it easier for the ones who know what they're doing to gain market share; they'll expand and provide jobs for many of the people who'll lose them in the process.