Not-so-friendly skies: Airline industry faces immense problems, but there are solutions

By Neil McCabe

Published December 13, 2013 5:00am ET

Not-so-friendly skies: Airline industry faces immense problems, but there are solutions — As more people have taken to air travel, the practice of "capacity discipline," or "right-gauging," has resulted in airlines scheduling fewer flights, and those flights that are on the schedule are typically packed to the gills. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Part five of a five-part series

It has been 35 years since President Carter signed the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act, but the measure’s promise of lower cost, more convenient commercial air travel and a wider range of choices for consumers have in many respects gone unmet.

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