The United States Department of Commerce just announced a whopping 219 percent import tariff on Canadian Bombardier C-Series narrow-body jets following a petition by domestic aircraft manufacturer Boeing. While Boeing tries to protect its home market by calling for trade barriers, that same company should be worried about U.S. airlines building up a protectionist wall that would eventually keep some of Boeing’s best clients from adding routes to the U.S.

Delta Air Lines recently released an entire website dedicated to train their employees and stakeholders on why Middle Eastern carriers (ME3) are a threat to the U.S. economy. That same website features a 15-minute long high quality video interviewing flight attendants and other airline employees about the allegedly unfair competition from the Persian Gulf.