In message , at 08:58:13 on Mon, 20 Jun
2016, tim... remarked:
You can still get a stalemate where the USA says "only two of your
airlines allowed", and the worst we can reply is "and only two of


I don't see what's wrong with that

it's what we had before

Less competition,

I still believe that 4 airlines on the direct rout plus a myriad of
less direct options is enough

higher fares.

and reallocate the slots to flights to other places.

You really think the American airlines are going to say "please give
us less slots"?

"Fewer slots" perhaps, but their main imperative will be anything
which gives their airlines a bigger slice of the pie.

Unless you are trying to claim that our negotiators are so bad they
will give the American's more slots than the Brits ISTM that the best
way to get a bigger slice of the pie is for there to be lots of slots.

It has to be easier for an American airline with multiple US hubs and
an interconnecting network to fill up planes from/to many US
destinations than the Brits can simply with point to point customers.

As I disagree with everything you say, we'll have to wind this subthread
down.
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Roland Perry