Airline Deregulation and Laissez-Faire Mythology Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	An Introduction to the Deregulated Airline Industry
1	Introduction	3
2	Corporate Pirates and Robber Barons in the Cockpit	11
3	The Megacarriers	41
4	American Airlines	53
5	Continental Airlines	65
6	Delta Air Lines	103
7	Eastern Airlines	109
8	Northwest Airlines	119
9	Pan American World Airways	123
10	Trans World Airlines	133
11	United Airlines	141
12	USAir	151
Pt. II	Regulation and Deregulation: The Metamorphosis in American Public Policy
13	Origins of Regulation: The Legislative History of The Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938	159
14	The Traditional Regulatory Criteria	167
15	CAB Regulation, 1938-1975: The Congressional Perspective	173
16	The CAB under Alfred Kahn: The Origins of De Facto Deregulation	179
17	The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978	193
18	CAB Implementation of the Airline Deregulation Act	199
19	The Demise of the Civil Aeronautics Board	215
Pt. III	The Results of Deregulation
20	Concentration	221
21	Pricing	243
22	Service	265
23	The Economic Effects of Deregulation: The $6-Billion Myth	281
24	Safety	297
25	Airline Survival and Market Darwinism: Dawn of the Global Megacarriers	309
Pt. IV	Proposed Solutions: The Proper Relationship between Government and the Market
26	Reregulation: Dare We Speak It?	335
27	Putting the Airlines Back on Course: A Modest Legislative Agenda	343
28	Conclusions	355
	Epilogue: Toward a National Deregulation Day	361
	Index	365