I like your postings SassyPilotsWife, so it is with good humour that I point out that, one man's "DAMN DE- REGULATION" is another man's "Yee-ha! I get to travel by aeroplane"
Simplistic, I know as many, many things were changed by the deregulation and not all good. But that's good ol' humans for you. As soon as one bunch have made things the way they like them - the next generation will change them! Right now? Another generation is changing the game once more and, this time, many of the folks doing the changing are SLF. Now - that is a change!