Not to mention the government is still actively involved through programs like Essential Air Service [1] It wasn't fully deregulated and left alone, some aspec

Not to mention the government is still actively involved through programs like Essential Air Service [1] It wasn't fully deregulated and left alone, some aspects were deregulated. As usual people like to bucket government policy as black and white but in reality it's usually somewhere in the middle. [1] https://www.transportation.gov/policy/aviation-policy/small-community-rural-air-service/essential-air-service https://www.transportation.gov/policy/aviation-policy/small-...