arminnie
<font color=blue>Tossed the butter kept the gin<br
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I posted this on the transportation board, but will also add it here on the budget board too.
Southwest Airlines needs Your help Now!
I got this email from Southwest Airlines today and wanted to pass this along and give my perspective on it.
I lived in Dallas when the Wright Amendment was enacted. It was totally done as a political favor for Jim Wright (D) to help to protect the "new" Dallas Fort Worth Airport and also because American Airlines demanded it.
When DFW was built there was a lot of concern that anyone would want to travel WAY out in the country where it was built especially after having an airport right in the middle of the city (Love Field). DFW is decades old now and is certainly established itself by now.
Whether you like flying on Southwest or not, they are a very well run airline and have helped bring down airfares for consumers in the markets that they enter.
To have a federal law that prohibits flights from ONE city in Texas is ridiculous. It's the worst kind of special interest legislation and should be abolished.
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Southwest Airlines Needs Your Help Now![/font] [font=Arial, sans-serif]Wright Is Wrong! Set Love Free![/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]I am sending you this ALERT today to ask for your help. By now, you have probably heard about our fight to repeal the Wright Amendment, the 1979 law that makes it illegal to fly or advertise flights from Dallas Love Field to points beyond the four states surrounding Texas, plus Alabama, Mississippi, and Kansas. We need your help to make this happen![/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The Wright Amendment has a strong history of stifling competition and creating high fares. Simply put, the Wright Amendment is Wrong! It's time to Set Love Free and repeal this archaic, antiquated law now! Southwest wants to bring you low fares and Legendary Customer Service from Love Field to many of the 60 cities that we currently serve across the nation.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Please join our efforts to Set Love Free by visiting our web site: setlovefree.com to take action now. You can help by:[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Contacting Your Elected Officials[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Encourage your federal legislators to please support the Right to Fly Act (HR 2646) introduced in the House by Texas Congressmen Jeb Hensarling and Sam Johnson that will immediately remove the Wright Amendment restrictions on Dallas Love Field Airport, or any companion legislation that might be introduced into the Senate. The "Write Congress" feature is on the home page of setlovefree.com.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Thank you for taking action now to repeal the Wright Amendment. We have always been able to count on you, our loyal Customers. Please accept my heartfelt thanks for helping us Set Love Free![/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]LUV,[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Colleen C. Barrett
President, Southwest Airlines[/font]
Southwest Airlines needs Your help Now!
I got this email from Southwest Airlines today and wanted to pass this along and give my perspective on it.
I lived in Dallas when the Wright Amendment was enacted. It was totally done as a political favor for Jim Wright (D) to help to protect the "new" Dallas Fort Worth Airport and also because American Airlines demanded it.
When DFW was built there was a lot of concern that anyone would want to travel WAY out in the country where it was built especially after having an airport right in the middle of the city (Love Field). DFW is decades old now and is certainly established itself by now.
Whether you like flying on Southwest or not, they are a very well run airline and have helped bring down airfares for consumers in the markets that they enter.
To have a federal law that prohibits flights from ONE city in Texas is ridiculous. It's the worst kind of special interest legislation and should be abolished.
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Southwest Airlines Needs Your Help Now![/font] [font=Arial, sans-serif]Wright Is Wrong! Set Love Free![/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]I am sending you this ALERT today to ask for your help. By now, you have probably heard about our fight to repeal the Wright Amendment, the 1979 law that makes it illegal to fly or advertise flights from Dallas Love Field to points beyond the four states surrounding Texas, plus Alabama, Mississippi, and Kansas. We need your help to make this happen![/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]The Wright Amendment has a strong history of stifling competition and creating high fares. Simply put, the Wright Amendment is Wrong! It's time to Set Love Free and repeal this archaic, antiquated law now! Southwest wants to bring you low fares and Legendary Customer Service from Love Field to many of the 60 cities that we currently serve across the nation.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Please join our efforts to Set Love Free by visiting our web site: setlovefree.com to take action now. You can help by:[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Contacting Your Elected Officials[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Encourage your federal legislators to please support the Right to Fly Act (HR 2646) introduced in the House by Texas Congressmen Jeb Hensarling and Sam Johnson that will immediately remove the Wright Amendment restrictions on Dallas Love Field Airport, or any companion legislation that might be introduced into the Senate. The "Write Congress" feature is on the home page of setlovefree.com.[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Thank you for taking action now to repeal the Wright Amendment. We have always been able to count on you, our loyal Customers. Please accept my heartfelt thanks for helping us Set Love Free![/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]LUV,[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Colleen C. Barrett
President, Southwest Airlines[/font]
