The killed was a joke. No deaths on Jet Blue or America West, or Frontier for that matter. If you don't think Southwest hasn't taken handouts over the last 35 years, you are mistaken. The Wright amendment was written to protect Southwest, and they bought and paid off many a politician. America West owns McCain, and he got them the beyond perimiter DCA flights (which are VERY profitable).
Every airline does it, Southwest is about to enter some rough waters with their employees and contracts, and when the fuel hedge ends.
You need a refresher course on the Wright amendment
you have the facts wrong.
try this and come back when you have less of a grudge against Southwest.
www.fightwright.org
specifically:
Summary: The Wright Amendment is a FEDERAL LAW that was put in place a full six years after the opening of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to block long-haul flights out of nearby Love Field Airport. The sole purpose was to contain the then-small Southwest Airlines at Love Field while all the other airlines at DFW Airport figured out how to deal with deregulation which was causing airfare reductions across the rest of America.
That was twenty-five long years ago. Southwest Airlines has since become the number one domestic carrier in America, but still cannot offer nationwide service out of Love Field to the 5+ million citizens of North Texas because of the Wright Amendment. American holds a near monopoly over all nationwide traffic in and out of the region via DFW Airport, exactly what they accuse Southwest of having at Love Field. Squeezed in between are the flying public, trapped between an airline with little realistic competition that can fly anywhere and an airline with rational airfare that can't go beyond border states. Last year, DFW Airport processed nineteen times as many passengers as Love Field. Which monopoly is abusive? Please read this website, view the history/links, and judge for yourself the validity of the Wright Amendment.
Isn't it time people flying to & from the Dallas/Fort Worth region had real choices?