Airline industry asking customers to lobby Congress on oil

Sure, speculation is part of the problem but what about decades of ignoring the issue? I still recall the airline industry receiving a $15 billion bailout a few years ago which was pretty healthy considering the cutbacks that targeted the employees and never the board rooms. The airline industry can go Cheney themselves if they think I would waste one second helping them out. Instead of spending so much time and money figuring out how to lobby Congress and deliver terrible service to consumers, they could have spent their money much more wisely.

If the airline industry cutbacks were across the board, maybe, but it's been a steady decline for travelers as well as the bulk of employees so they'll find no sympathy from me. Space on flights has been shrinking for years, well before the high oil prices and the service? Don't even get me started. The US carriers are consistently the nastiest I've encountered across six continents of travel. Charging for water when there is no potable water available on a flight? I don't even see how this is legal other than their previous lobbying efforts. Lobby this.