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Airline deregulation is a failure, conclude Professors Dempsey and Goetz. They assault the conventional wisdom in this provocative book, finding that the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, championed by a profound political movement which also advocated the deregulation of the bus, trucking, rail, and pipeline industries, failed to achieve the promises of its proponents. Only now is the full impact of deregulation being felt. Airline deregulation has resulted in unprecedented industry concentration, miserable service, a deterioration in labor-management relations, a narrower margin of safety, and higher prices for the consumer.
This comprehensive book begins by exploring the strategy, tactics, and egos of the major airline robber barons, including Frank Lorenzo and Carl Icahn. In separate chapters, the strengths, weaknesses, and corporate cultures of each of the major airlines are evaluated. Part Two assesses the political, economic, and social justifications for New Deal regulation of aviation, and its deregulation in the late 1970s. Part Three then addresses the major consequences of deregulation in chapters on concentration, pricing, service, and safety, and Part Four advances a legislative agenda for solving the problems that have emerged. Professors Dempsey and Goetz advocate a middle course of responsible government supervision between the dead hand of regulation of the 1930s and the contemporary evil of market Darwinism. The book will be of particular interest to airline and airport industry executives, government officials, and students and scholars in public policy, economics, business, political science, and transportation.
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An Introduction to the Deregulated Airline IndustryIntroduction
Corporate Pirates and Robber Barons in the Cockpit
The Megacarriers
American Airlines
Continental Airlines
Delta Airlines
Eastern Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Pan American Airlines
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
USAir
Regulation and Deregulation: The Metamorphosis in American Public PolicyOrigins of Regulation: The Legislative History of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938
The Traditional Regulatory Criteria
Cab Regulation, 1938-75: The Congressional Perspective
The Cab Under Alfred Kahn: The Origins of De Facto Deregulation
The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978
Cab Implementation of the Airline Deregulation Act
The Demise of the Civil Aeronautics Board
The Results of DeregulationConcentration
Pricing
Service
The Economic Effects of Deregulation: The $6 Billion Myth
Safety
Airline Survival and Market Darwinism: Dawn of the Global Megacarriers
Proposed Solutions: The Proper Relationship Between Government and the MarketReregulation: Dare We Speak It?
Putting the Airlines Back on Course: A Modest Legislative Agenda
Conclusions
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PAUL STEPHEN DEMPSEY is Professor of Law and Director of the Transportation Law Program at the University of Denver College of Law. He formerly served as an attorney with the Interstate Commerce Commission and Civil Aeronautics Board. He has been a Fulbright Fellow, was designated the University of Denver's Outstanding Scholar, and has received the Transportation Lawyers Association's Distinguished Service Award.
ANDREW R. GOETZ is Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Denver. He has published research focusing on the geographic distribution of air transportation services since deregulation.
