The agency acknowledges there is no evidence that the grounded planes posed risks to passengers, though it says that doesn't give airlines the right to not follow specific procedures.
We normally wouldn't touch airlines with a ten-foot pole, but the short-term technicals are positive, with the stock breaking higher out of a multi-month base, pulling back on light volume and accelerating higher again.
You can also build an itinerary using discount airlines that don't link their fares with other airlines.
Local rules don't allow foreign airlines to take management control of local carriers.
It isn't just discount airlines that are damaging this business.
That doesn't mean the Transportation Security Administration, the airlines and airports won't be on high alert, although they are not communicating many details of increased security to the public.
And when they aren't there, big airlines behave radically differently when setting prices.
One wonders if this wouldn't defeat the purpose of airlines investing in their own gaming systems.
The good news: Other airlines won't be able to fully duplicate JetBlue's on-board features anytime soon.
Some Web sites that detail the legroom offered by individual airlines don't even bother to list Eos.
This isn't the first time Malaysia Airlines has instituted a controversial policy relating to kids in the sky.
"You get severe inefficiency because airlines can't service the global market, " he said.
But as the Competition Commission noted there is little spare capacity at London's airports, so airlines don't have any real choice.
It's a strategy Southwest's Parker calls "connecting the dots, " and, like a lot of things there, other airlines can't execute it easily.
In addition, airlines don't manage their inventory as actively on weekends, so if cheap seats sell on some flights, prices automatically jump higher.
The point is this: The airlines don't seem to take the danger seriously either, infusing the whole business with an aura of rubbish.
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Maybe American Airlines won't go out of business by not playing ball with the complaint sites, but the small fry might have to pay attention.
Cynics will say that reviews and ratings for airlines don't matter.
Airlines for America, the industry's lobbying group, says air travel is almost always crossing state lines and airlines can't be subjected to a particular state's rules.
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"Usually airlines don't allow these people to embark, because then they have to cover the expense of the return flight, " said Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor.
And Hawaiian Airlines doesn't hold flights for connecting customers.
In the NBA, official sponsors McDonald's, T-Mobile, Southwest Airlines and FedEx all score below-average lifts in their respective product categories, indicating that their ad dollars would be put to better use elsewhere.
And anyway, airlines aren't suitable for constant leveraging.
In a drawback, Superfly doesn't show you the potential net value of tickets on airlines or alliances whose mileage programmes you haven't yet joined.
Boyd, who thinks multiple airlines generally don't go well together, couldn't agree more.
But horizontal beds take up more space since one passenger can't angle under another, and airlines end up with fewer premium seats to sell.
Other industry experts, meanwhile, think the FAA isn't necessarily too cozy with the airlines--it's just too short-staffed and under-funded to enforce every procedure in the log book.
But Air Force Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz said Wednesday that the mortuary at Dover didn't handle any remains from United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville.
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