Maybe it's you who needs to wise up mandate. The single aviation market etc. that you describe might be a good idea. But it simply does not exist and isn't likely to for many years.
Wet leasing in the USA -with a very small number of tightly controlled exceptions is a no-no and "Fly America" blatantly discriminates against all non-US carriers. And what about the huge furore in Canada only last month when Air 2000 bid for a contract which was only a fraction of the size of the one discussed here?