I mean, they were a good half mile long. They were back and forth and back and forth. All I could think was that I got there early enough that, by the time I got through, I could just sit and watch the rest of those lines build up. They built up, built up, built up. It was unbelievable. A guy sitting next to me said, well, there are going to be a lot of people missing their flights today, they're not going to make it-- because these were all the people, I guess, who were coming back from Thanksgiving and instead of flying on Sunday when the cost was more they waited until Monday to get a cheaper flight. Well, what is that going to do to the airline industry? They are going to have planes flying empty. They are going to have people demanding refunds. It's going to hurt the airline industry. Before we turn around, we're going to have somebody coming in here and saying, holy cow, TSA put together this regulation, and now we're causing all these airlines to get in serious financial problems and we're going to have to buy the airline industry like we bought the automobile industry. I think we should get out of that business.
John Rice Carter: “I mean, they were a good half mile long. They were back and forth and back and forth. All I could think was that I got…”
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The speaker discusses the impact of holiday travel on the airline industry and potential regulatory consequences.
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