04/20/2010
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"The airline industry in this country has become anti-competitive and consumers are being hurt in the process."
"the average distance between rows, as Senator Nelson has described in great detail--the average distance--before regulation, it was 35 inches, and today, it's about 31 inches."
"No passenger should ever be treated like this on an airline."
"It's those kind of rules that--maybe you have a reason for it, but it just doesn't make sense, and it's not in your interest, either, because you need to accommodate the traveling public."