Today on TAP: Rising ticket prices are another facet of inflation that has nothing to do with overheated general demand, and everything to do with industry price-gouging.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Private Equity’s Airline Strategy Could Draw a Challenge
Budget airlines Frontier and Spirit, buoyed by a private equity investor, announced a merger earlier this week. But a revamped antitrust enforcement atmosphere awaits.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
5G Rollout Is an Administrative-State Fail
Reliable wireless networks? Safe air travel? Why not both?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
New York Democrats Try Again to End Some Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The state spends $1.6 billion a year subsidizing oil and gas. Lawmakers are trying to eliminate about one-fifth of that spending.
Posted inBooks
Built to Lie
A new book about the Boeing 737 MAX disaster exposes the company’s allergy to the truth.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Flying to the Unemployment Lines
Plus, the genuinely difficult debate over schools. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for September 29, 2020.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Airline Bailout Is the CARES Act’s Biggest Debacle
Forget the PPP outrage. We’re paying the airlines billions to actively spread coronavirus.
Posted inTAP
Taking Public Money and Screwing Workers: The Airlines
Today on TAP: United and others must comply with bailout terms
Posted inWorking in America
How One Local Union Is Doubling Wages for America’s Airport Workers
In a time of labor stagnation, a union has committed massive resources to workplace and political organizing—and has bettered the lives of tens of thousands of low-wage workers.
Posted inCoronavirus
Union Wins $3 Billion to Protect Airport Workers
SEIU persuades Congress to dedicate funds in the stimulus legislation to keeping 100,000 airport workers solvent.