Pazaka zopitilira 25 ndikulemba zamakampani oyendetsa ndege, zolosera zam'tsogolo zomwe tidamvapo zinalinso zoyamba, zomwe zidapangidwa kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1980 pamsonkhano waku Washington wa atolankhani omwe amayesa kuphunzira za bizinesiyo. Wokamba nkhaniyo anali L. Welch Pogue, loya wa ku Washington amene kwa zaka zambiri anali tcheyamani wa Bungwe la Civil Aeronautics Board. Ndilo bungwe la federal lomwe lidalamulira mayendedwe apandege ndi mitengo yandalama mpaka Congress ndi Carter management idayamba kuwachotsa mu 1978.
Pogue adanenanso kuti mpikisano wopanda malire udzatsogolera ku oligopoly ya ndege, kapena makampani ochepa kwambiri omwe amayang'anira msika. M'modzi mwa atolankhani analimba mtima kuvomereza kuti (ndipo mwina tonsefe) sitinamvepo mawuwo. Kwa zaka zambiri, taphunzira bwino lomwe tanthauzo lake.
Zaka makumi atatu kuti zithetsedwe, owonera ambiri amakhulupirira kuti oligopoly yayamba kale kulamulira ndipo yatsala pang'ono kukula mumsika. Delta ikugula Kumpoto chakumadzulo. US Airways ndi United akukambirana za kuphatikiza. Ngati America ndi Continental zikhalabe zodziyimira pawokha, zomwe zinali m'ma 1970 pafupifupi ndege zazikulu khumi ndi ziwiri (zodziwika masiku ano kuti Big Six zonyamula cholowa) zitha kukhala Zowona Zazikulu Zinayi.
Pogue ndi ena sananeneretu za kupambana kwa ochepa omwe adalowa kumene, omwe otsutsa amayembekeza kuti apereka mpikisano watsopano. Kwa apaulendo ambiri aku Philadelphia, zakhala choncho, ndipo kuchuluka kwa anthu m'derali kukopa anthu pogwiritsa ntchito ndege zotsika mtengo.
Kumwera chakumadzulo anali ndi zaka zochepa chabe mu 1978, akuwulutsa Texas intrastate njira. Kumwera chakumadzulo kwakula pang'onopang'ono kuti pakhale malo omwe akudabwitsabe anthu ambiri: Imanyamula anthu ambiri kuposa ndege ina iliyonse yaku US (American akadali ndi ndalama zambiri).
Pafupifupi ndege zina 200 zomwe zangobwera kumene zabwera ndikuchoka. Koma AirTran, Alaska, JetBlue, Midwest, Spirit ndi ena ochepa, pamodzi ndi Kumwera chakumadzulo, akula mokwanira kuti akhale ndi oposa atatu mwa makasitomala. Anyamata osakhala aang'ono awa amapereka mpikisano kwa anthu ambiri okhala ku US chifukwa amatumikira madera ambiri a metro.
Vuto mukakhala ndi oligopoly ya ndege, komabe, ndikuti timasiyidwa ndi mpikisano wocheperako kapena wopanda mpikisano kumizinda yaying'ono yambiri komanso misewu yosayima ya onyamula akuluakulu. Izi zapangitsa kusiyana kwakukulu kwamitengo komwe kumawoneka ngati kopanda tanthauzo. Pamene CAB yakale idakhazikitsa mitengo, idakhazikitsidwa makamaka patali. Tsopano iwo akhazikika kwathunthu pa yemwe akupikisana ndi ndani.
Yendani ndege pakati pa US Airways hubs ku Philadelphia ndi Charlotte. Tikiti yaulendo wotuluka Lolemba ndi kubwerera tsiku lotsatira, yogulidwa kupitilira milungu iwiri pasadakhale, imatha kuchoka pa $ 175 mpaka $ 700, malinga ndi kafukufuku wa Orbitz.
Mtengo wotsika ndi wogwiritsa ntchito ndege zinayi, ziwiri mbali iliyonse, kumpoto chakumadzulo kudzera ku Detroit zomwe zimatenga maola asanu kapena asanu ndi limodzi. Mtengo wa $700 ndi wogulira tikiti kuchokera ku United paulendo wanthawi zonse woyendetsedwa ndi US Airways pansi pa mgwirizano wawo wogawana ma code. Mukagula tikiti yomweyo ku US Airways, mtengo wake ndi $374.
(Chifukwa chiyani pali kusiyana kotere pakati pa mitengo ya "abwenzi" awa ndichinthu chomwe tiyenera kufotokoza mgawo lamtsogolo - ngati titha kuzipeza.)
Mtengo waulendo wongoyerekezawu ndiwodabwitsa kwambiri tikiti yomwe idagulidwa sabata yatha, kunyamuka m'mawa uno ndikubwerera mawa usiku. AirTran idzakutengerani ku Charlotte kudzera ku Atlanta komwe kuli $200 yokha. Maulendo apandege osayimayima pa US Airways, ogulidwa ku US Airways kapena United, angagule $1,761. Zachidziwikire, izi zikuphatikiza chindapusa cha Orbitz cha $5.
Kukwera kosayima sikunalembedwe molakwika - kupitilira $1,700 paulendo wobwerera wamakilomita 900. Oyang'anira ndege amakonda kunena kuti maulendo apandege, osinthidwa chifukwa cha kukwera kwa mitengo, amawononga theka la ndalama lero monga momwe amachitira asanachotsedwe malamulo. Koma izi ndi zapakati zomwe sizitanthauza kanthu kwa munthu amene akufunika kuyenda kwakanthawi kochepa pamaulendo apaulendo a ndege za Big Six kapena mizinda yaying'ono yambiri.
Aliyense amene alibe mwayi wopeza ndege yapayekha ayenera kuyembekeza ndi mtima wonse kuti m'dziko lophatikizana, kukhala ndi ndege zinayi zazikulu sikungapangitse kusiyana kotereku kukhala kodabwitsa.
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