However, they may privately be looking with envy at the rest of the world's carriers, which are free to start adding ETS surcharges to their ticket prices.
But why does envy exist at all?
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Lady Randerson said that until now the Welsh had been "looking over their shoulders with envy" at the relative independence enjoyed in Scotland, as she claimed its Cardiff-based government should be allowed to borrow money to carry out its own major infrastructure projects, such as improving the M4 motorway.
His managerial colleagues elsewhere no doubt envy the vast resources at his disposal, if not the scrutiny and criticism that comes with the job.
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To me, the most interesting new machine is the Envy X2, which at first looked like a typical small ultrabook until HP spokesperson Kevin Wentzel removed the screen, turning the 3-pound laptop into a 1.5 pound tablet.
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Its civil servants command high levels of public trust and confidence at home and envy among some EU colleagues (see article).
Flipping through her album of celebrity snaps taken in previous years, Marge DeNovi says she is the envy of her work colleagues at a hospital in Anaheim, California.
During a similar Harvard seminar this summer, attended by, among others, a board member from Cox Communications (nyse: COX - news - people ), board members from China expressed envy that their American counterparts at least deal with audited numbers.
The Envy X2, which was first demonstrated at the IFA tech show in Berlin that I attended last week, will be available by the holidays at an as-yet unknown price.
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Most women who are good at networking are attracted to those we envy, not in the green kinda way, but in an I have to know more about you kinda way.
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It is with this New Yorker attitude that I approached my first trip to LA. I grew exasperated at the endless driving, pretended not to envy the unwavering 70 degree weather and one night in Hollywood I purposely snubbed John Cho (co-star of Harold and Kumar go to White Castle), when I nearly bowled him over on my way to the bar.
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Many have company-friendly tax regimes at which the valley's businesspeople look with envy.
Verizon Communications' profit beat analysts' predictions as wireless revenue kept rising at a rate 8.6 percent, the envy of the industry.
While such growth would be the envy of most nations, China's economy has grown at an average rate of about 10% each year for the past 30 years.
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I'm speaking of roof envy: the jealous feelings aroused toward those who own, or at least have access to, outdoor spaces where they can sunbathe, barbecue or simply enjoy vistas larger than those framing their neighbors' apartments.
The interesting question, at least psychologically, is where does it come from, both the envy and the bitterness.
Some (Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga) clock in at 14mm and others with more features range up to 20mm (HP Envy 14 Spectre).
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That said, Northern Ireland, with its dependence on subsidies, would envy the oil, coal, emeralds, gold and coffee that have put Colombia at the forefront of South America's recent economic surge.
But as he trudges from one international pow-wow to another, he must envy colleagues like Britain's Tony Blair who do not have invisible federal guards hovering at their side.
Moreover, GDP growth in the third quarter of the year was 3.1% at an annualised rate a pace of expansion which many industrial countries might envy.
Dr. Nigel Nicholson, who teaches organizational behavior at the London Business School, explains that gossip is part of status consciousness (as is envy).
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But there's another form of envy that is frequently overlooked and that may be just as potent, especially in a metropolis where sunlight is at a premium and it's easy to forget that one remains part of the natural world.
For example, expecting no compensation at all, they helped one of our employees connect the Magento website for his shoe business, Sole Envy, to Fishbowl.
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In a zero-sum world, you may envy or blandish others, but you cannot trust them, because you can assume they are seeking to aggrandize themselves at your expense.
This line-up of holidays at the beginning of May gives people almost ten days off of work (a perk that might inspire envy in many industrious people in the US).
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