The U.S. Airline Industry is wracked with problems. And the airline industry is working hard to pin all of those problems on “oil speculators,” by creating pseudo-grassroots campaigns like their recent effort to push legislation to stop some kinds of oil speculation.
But, the public is now beginning to see through the Airline Oil Spin.
The public is beginning to ask questions like:
- Why does much of the proposed legislation limit some oil speculation, but allow the airlines themselves to continue speculating?
- Why has the airline industry continued to fly the equivalent of “Hummers”, while airlines in other parts of the world have shifted to more fuel efficient planes?
- Why, as documented in a recent report Shortchanged, has the airline industry received more than $8.5 billion in taxpayer assistance since 2001 while passenger service standards and job quality standards have fallen?
- With airlines showing disregard for passengers and their workers, why should Congress be doing them favors by exempting companies like airlines from limits on oil speculation?
The Airline Oil Spin is a resource where we can help one-another see through the airline industry’s attempt to distract from the array of problems faced by the traveling public.
