{"id":89029,"date":"2025-02-15T04:48:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T04:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/airline\/hotline-1-877-flyers-6-and-justice-for-none-january-18-2017\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T04:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T04:48:04","slug":"hotline-1-877-flyers-6-and-justice-for-none-january-18-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=89029","title":{"rendered":"Hotline: 1-(877)-FLYERS-6: And Justice For None. January 18, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<table align=\"right\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"imgCaptionTable OneColumnMobile\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; text-align: center; width: 364px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" class=\"SpacerImageContainer mobile-hidden\" colspan=\"1\" height=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" class=\"SpacerImage\" height=\"1\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\/letters\/images\/sys\/S.gif\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"5\"\/><\/td>\n<td class=\" imgCaptionImg\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"padding: 10px 10px 0px 0px;\" width=\"100%\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/7a85813b001\/cfc364cb-892c-4a65-a4dc-30a12ca69b39.jpg\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"364\"\/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" class=\"SpacerImageContainer mobile-hidden\" colspan=\"1\" height=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" class=\"SpacerImage\" height=\"1\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\/letters\/images\/sys\/S.gif\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"5\"\/><\/td>\n<td class=\"imgCaptionText\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 10px;\">\n<p>\n<em>Like flying in-formation.<br \/>\n When airlines collude as part of a price-fixing conspiracy it leads to<br \/>\nmillions of passengers being overcharged for flights.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nFor years the\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">watchdogs at the US justice department<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0have known\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">of alleged price gouging and &#8216;capacity discipline&#8217;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">They <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001rVMP0H7NSY9v9kNm1GmzwkU-Jc4bvRul0R5uhXy-tBioFKwps35PwOLJZ3QVwi6pWVjPg3q3QOgUEEYv8XGX5PQIL2t6oZ3H1nkK7jiLPpUChOA0qVtQzgCR7qmRkbDqy8GXk5wwc20a7DxEau4C9ZarPBOS7gNbe1NkYIUKOUsGaEkPiQV3VcUjrTA1QPLQGU1rcL1d3mVDkXqr1RdFzD-wXy9SYSjVTsplMVROOuRSYGkduojmA3xTuMQGutfW5VJ65pF-kyI=&amp;c=wWD_VPf-4NKSlV60no3snYDjxplgFZkQ5JixVkWxDF7aHHNnWFwYig==&amp;ch=P4PFa3Cuk08YPHzOknOw-OSMUKPUoBVqEDIfEPwjAY2rPhJLfH9OQA==\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: blue;\" target=\"_blank\">knew<\/a> what was\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">behind<br \/>\n the blight of modern air travel: &#8220;Major airlines, in tandem,\u00a0have<br \/>\nraised fares, imposed new and higher fees, and reduced service,&#8221; they<br \/>\nconceded.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">Eighteen months ago the U.S. Department of Justice opened a probe whether the major US carriers colluded in expansion plans.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/strandedpassengers.blogspot.co.uk\/2015\/06\/website-news-legislation-help-im_24.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: blue;\" target=\"_blank\">We said\u00a0<\/a>it was time.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">The government accused America&#8217;s leading airline companies, American, Delta, United and Southwest,\u00a0of a preference for &#8220;tacit coordination over full-throated competition&#8221;; and possible violation of US Anti-Trust laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><em>Airline Collusion: Nothing New, But Very Difficult To Prove<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\nBut after over a year of worrying, US airlines can now relax<br \/>\nbecause the US Justice Department is taking a step back from its<br \/>\ninvestigation of collusion, reported\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001rVMP0H7NSY9v9kNm1GmzwkU-Jc4bvRul0R5uhXy-tBioFKwps35PwOLJZ3QVwi6pbybuAiTpOBKY_hv0cUy-LHiz3SbsntQOC0bcFfgjbaGdAhrM9nMdLj3Pp2_K56uhj2WC4tF_BgRXEceR73iiZ81EDQjr_eGgrR-qFy11bIEIXnvDwu8CPDgdrpJ9YiDf5rnjQQSIyRcdiLLjxygyKV6drZGubFhRgAyVp1f2102e7QJVVyx4KrXDUxp8DHoItXyR5DMnuISkaEpy-HQcWKBSbkfEqlpH5kTCJGh8SRM=&amp;c=wWD_VPf-4NKSlV60no3snYDjxplgFZkQ5JixVkWxDF7aHHNnWFwYig==&amp;ch=P4PFa3Cuk08YPHzOknOw-OSMUKPUoBVqEDIfEPwjAY2rPhJLfH9OQA==\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: blue;\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a>\u00a0last week.<\/div>\n<p>\nA person familiar with the investigation told Bloomberg that<br \/>\nthe Department of Justice (DOJ) investigators did not find enough<br \/>\nevidence to support a case, and that it is unlikely that the department<br \/>\nwill file formal action against the airlines.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\"><em>Most Closely Guarded Secrets\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">How<br \/>\n is it that despite a protracted investigation into the commercial<br \/>\nairline sector, the Justice Department could not find any smoking-gun<br \/>\nevidence\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">of collusion it needed?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">The<br \/>\n DOJ has known of alleged price gouging and &#8216;capacity discipline&#8217; for<br \/>\nyears &#8211; but has been unsuccessful in finding cut-and-dried evidence of<br \/>\nconspiracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Airline insiders and legal analysts <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001rVMP0H7NSY9v9kNm1GmzwkU-Jc4bvRul0R5uhXy-tBioFKwps35PwOLJZ3QVwi6p4l7YHA6N7VvG-3aZlTRlEia9qe-P3VP5a_zmMHjOR-vTBLXUGquN1KZ1StoWcobwcwAa-f1y92gh30nZb7IDmX-v1L01q5DQ4ClHn3qOSq4W-B5xFZHAc5qBNjBARIFeidhfVgKwSgfggEo2nHTiwFgI2LJyami5ZE9MO1tkoLhHWdvBxJzAtxRGHi4P6mGm49gR-VhUdnIc4oOugE85XVeF_ckDVv77&amp;c=wWD_VPf-4NKSlV60no3snYDjxplgFZkQ5JixVkWxDF7aHHNnWFwYig==&amp;ch=P4PFa3Cuk08YPHzOknOw-OSMUKPUoBVqEDIfEPwjAY2rPhJLfH9OQA==\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: blue;\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>\u00a0the<br \/>\n government&#8217;s case against the industry was near-impossible to prove &#8211;<br \/>\nregardless that the feds have known about these airfare schemes for<br \/>\nyears, but they have not been able to fight back against the lobbyists.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n&#8220;Airfare decisions normally are among the most closely guarded secrets at airlines,&#8221; said a 2<span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">015 Bloomberg <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001rVMP0H7NSY9v9kNm1GmzwkU-Jc4bvRul0R5uhXy-tBioFKwps35PwOLJZ3QVwi6pFoNrxcubIwXcCUh27pQde5K3JnKvAx1Swe3CcqKbYr3tFe_M5GCK34zmHweQ_NjNHzNeKlgAn14iCYxK_4baEDu4NehCy9GUgBn9CI8KwSpKMUgPhM7-0EhpF7t8Ir-hkz72Cct2MEE2WXWrv853n3h-tBSByN4WE-XBYGQiAqb5d0Cyv1yEN1NaCHfBsBHxyZDJ5sgGEOuzc6XnuI0bXhhkS8fe1CleJeZFsctaOeY=&amp;c=wWD_VPf-4NKSlV60no3snYDjxplgFZkQ5JixVkWxDF7aHHNnWFwYig==&amp;ch=P4PFa3Cuk08YPHzOknOw-OSMUKPUoBVqEDIfEPwjAY2rPhJLfH9OQA==\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: blue;\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p>\n<strong><em>Looking For The Lie<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<br \/>\nThat is the nature of the beast: collusion <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001rVMP0H7NSY9v9kNm1GmzwkU-Jc4bvRul0R5uhXy-tBioFKwps35PwOLJZ3QVwi6p4vY4ylPvoA7T8Rc62MviPyYj66nQh3ZorEWV7-cKe0sp-j9pbfOCh61ystJ8QjF_A9KNEjlfw9gth2K18kzDf9og9fHZyRyb8lQbx1BEeEvNUNPms__VoAWYVXa8Ko3fsG0xE75jS1RHeKOM33lYdNe1XPIDDGponCFqN1Bdoej_dcuF9Zdkrf3IuefbnjiY&amp;c=wWD_VPf-4NKSlV60no3snYDjxplgFZkQ5JixVkWxDF7aHHNnWFwYig==&amp;ch=P4PFa3Cuk08YPHzOknOw-OSMUKPUoBVqEDIfEPwjAY2rPhJLfH9OQA==\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: blue;\" target=\"_blank\">is difficult to prove<\/a>, and the tricky thing about colluders is that they operate in secret.\u00a0Suspicions<br \/>\n and evidence of identical prices are not enough to prove a criminal<br \/>\noffence. Securing a cartel conviction requires the Justice Department to<br \/>\n submit evidence that proves, beyond a reasonable doubt, that there is<br \/>\nan agreement between competitors to fix prices.<\/div>\n<p>Another<br \/>\n airline strategy involves &#8216;conscious parallelism&#8217; &#8211; all doing the same<br \/>\nthing even though they never explicitly communicate the intention, or<br \/>\ncommunicate at all &#8211; like when all the gas stations in a trade area end<br \/>\nup selling at the same price. The fact alone tempts the conclusion that<br \/>\nconspiracy must exist, but also that there are non-conspiratorial<br \/>\nexplanations for the phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>We know the DOJ has no problems or issues successfully pursuing,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001rVMP0H7NSY9v9kNm1GmzwkU-Jc4bvRul0R5uhXy-tBioFKwps35PwOLJZ3QVwi6pxueK632Jb0RYlkO7YV_CfVtvExZkDHa2HKkJHLqwX5icHkZs-C_sZuDX4Er6SB_cWkZcHEQnu_SM4EjCTxBgtKuaMs5fZZtT9c0uo8OJXsfIGFTvMOHBH8pRbJ8-pAgRexnyFJDf5B1fMYAHjcViD5I1i9fgt_0t03B38M0FwrWdEYFVqV36Tw==&amp;c=wWD_VPf-4NKSlV60no3snYDjxplgFZkQ5JixVkWxDF7aHHNnWFwYig==&amp;ch=P4PFa3Cuk08YPHzOknOw-OSMUKPUoBVqEDIfEPwjAY2rPhJLfH9OQA==\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: blue;\" target=\"_blank\">proving and prosecuting<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">\u00a0anti-trust violators &#8211; such as the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">infamous lysine cartel (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">amino acid) from the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Europe, several years ago.<\/span><br \/>The question becomes: where is the competition?\u00a0Where<br \/>\n are Easyjet and Ryanair to disrupt air travel in America? Nowhere: the<br \/>\ncountry&#8217;s protectionist policy keeps out foreign airlines. THIS is what<br \/>\nneeds to change. The difference in airfares between Europe and North<br \/>\nAmerica is staggering. You can fly from one European country to another<br \/>\nsometimes for the cost of a taxi ride. But every flight in North America<br \/>\n costs a small fortune, particularly, short-haul flights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like flying in-formation. When airlines collude as part of a price-fixing conspiracy it leads to millions of passengers being overcharged for flights. 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