I could see this framed as a useless regulation because of the free market's invisible hand which will take care of this by having customer focused airlines NO

I could see this framed as a useless regulation because of the free market's invisible hand which will take care of this by having customer focused airlines NOT holding the customers hostage and gaining more market share. Same as with net neutrality. But the thing is that from time to time people forget that the airline industry is actually a cartel.