Airlines pressuring Congress on oil-price speculation
The airlines and their Washington lobbying allies, including numerous labor groups and other organizations, have joined forces, asking their customers to help pressure Congress to deal with oil-price speculation. Part of the effort is
Airlines pressuring Congress on oil-price speculation
Tom Belden
The airlines and their Washington lobbying allies, including numerous labor and groups and organizations, have joined forces, asking their customers to help pressure Congress to deal with oil-price speculation. Part of the effort is described in an AP story at this link:
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/24306224.html
Monday update: A longer news story appeared in the onliner version of a trade pub, Air Transport World: http://atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=13332
Here's some thoughts on the effort from PlaneBuzz, a respected (at least by me and many others) blog run by Holly Hegeman that's widely read in the airline business.
http://www.planebuzz.com/2008/07/what_a_waste_of_resources_ata.html
