As one might expect, the international airline industry is less than enthusiastic about this new wave of governmentalintervention into its business practices.
If a treaty such as the treaties which established the European Union is changed through governmentalintervention, no treaty in Europe will ever be regarded as valid, nor taken seriously.
Despite the near collapse of many parts of the international financial systems, and unprecedented levels of governmentalintervention into Western economies, for many the events on Wall Street and in the City of London were far removed from their day-to-day lives.