Where Are The Obama-McCain Plans To Save The Airlines? U.S. Airways Latest To Slash

Posted on June 12, 2008
Filed Under Journalism, News, commentary |

It is about time that both Barack Obama and John McCain tell us what, if anything, they propose to do to help salvage the U.S. aviation industry, once the world leader, now the world’s poor man.

U.S. Airways today joined the ranks of other major airlines in recent weeks to save money by cutting 1,700 jobs and slashing capacity, which means, in addition to more fees, higher base fares.

We were once the envy of the world when it came to all things aviation related. It is no accident that more airlines fly more U.S. built jets than any other models currently on the market.

And yet, while European and Asian countries buy up the newest, most fuel efficient planes, U.S. airlines have some of the oldest fleets in the world…regular jet fuel burners.

Now what?

We’ve heard both presumptive nominees talk about the subprime mortgage debacle, Iraq, monety policy, tax cuts, social security…etc.  But we need to hear from them on what they might do, if elected, to fix the airline system.

More and more smaller communites are losing air service as cash starved commuter lines cancel routes. And even for those lucky (unlucky?) enough to live near a major hub, the experience of flying nowadays is several notches below that of root canal.

The airline industry is at its lowest since 9/11–maybe more so. Doesn’t this rate at least some game plan offered up by the two men who want to be President of the United States?

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