What went wrong w/ the Southwest Airlines crisis? Not just a broken airline industry, @WilliamJMcGee says, but a lack of regulation. Transportation Secy. Buttigieg “has been a very big disappointment,” he tells @mehdirhasan. “He has not gotten tough with the worst offenders.”

Jan 6, 2023 · 1:23 AM UTC

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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan @WilliamJMcGee
And if he did come down hard with regulations FOX would bitch him out.
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @WilliamJMcGee @mehdirhasan
It all comes down to Corporations owning politicians.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @WilliamJMcGee @mehdirhasan
Yeah. Starting to worry that ol’ Pete is an “all hat, no cattle” kinda guy. Disappointing.
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan @WilliamJMcGee
When an industry that got massive bailouts turn around after regaining a high measure of health and waste their profits on short-term perks for shareholders (and company executives) while ignoring both their antiquated internal infrastructure and pilot labor issues---this follows
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan @WilliamJMcGee
Since the 1970s the federal government has been deregulating the airlines. But it also happens that the federal government has been bailing out the industry when times get very rough. Congress must create a new regulatory framework to the airlines.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @WilliamJMcGee @mehdirhasan
If Buttigieg is unwilling to use the power that only he can use to go after the big airlines (they're not afraid of him), then give the power to the 38 AG's (including mine) who are ready to sue the pants off the airlines. So far, not impressed with Buttigieg.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan @WilliamJMcGee
This problem has been in the making for many more years than Pete Buttigieg has been in any form of government.
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