U.S. airlines face "marginalization..."

glenn, glenn, glenn... it ain't the inability to consolidate that's marginalizing u.s. airlines... it's lousy service... i've had the opportunity to do a lot of flying recently and i can tell you, international service on u.s. carriers can't hold a candle to foreign carriers... the difference is dramatic, from having complimentary wine and other drinks in coach (as opposed to having to pay 5 bucks a shot) to having the above-seat reading light actually work to having flight attendants who don't snarl at you... international carriers (and i'm even including chile's flag carrier, LAN Chile) are beating the pants off their u.s. counterparts...

United Airlines Chief Executive Glenn Tilton has called for the completion of US airline deregulation, saying that without it American carriers risked being marginalized by Europe and Asia.

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Tilton noted that carriers in Europe, such as Air France and KLM, and Asia had returned to profit and were consolidating across national boundaries to create "super-carriers".

"For the first time in the history of aviation, US carriers are no longer the largest, strongest carriers in the world," he said.

"Without a coherent US aviation policy that reverses the bias against airline size and removes the barriers that prevent us from constructive consolidation, US carriers will be unable to compete on a global scale, and we risk being marginalized," Tilton said.

glenn's plea has nothing whatsoever to do with passenger comfort or customer service... it's all about what every other fat-assed executive's plea to the government is all about - MORE MONEY...

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