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Things I Tell My Friends - 14 June

How (not) to Fix America's Airlines

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Leland Vittert
Jun 14, 2026
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Dateline: United Airlines from GRR to EWR

Forgive the tardiness in this Sunday’s dispatch – so far we have had 2 cancelled flights and a 3 hour drive to another airport – finally enroute!

The US airline system is both remarkable and completely broken

Elizabeth Warren/progressives plan to fix things – IE blocking the Spirt/Jet Blue merger and more regulation will be a disaster!

One thought – it’s not much different than Warren/progressive’s plans to fix the unfairness in America’s economy

She and other progressives have diagnosed the problems but their solutions will only make the problems far far worse!

Brightside – Starlink is the best thing to happen to air travel since the jet engine.

Alert: the US and Iran will sign a “deal”.

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