Airline Deregulation

In this assignment, you will be introduced to one of the most iconic government regulations concerning commercial aviation: the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act. This ground-breaking legislation continues to reverberate economic and operational impacts throughout the industry, even over forty years later. The convenience, efficiency, and wide-reaching impacts of this act are often forgotten when you purchase an airline ticket today. This assignment provides a “Behind the Scenes” review that was several years in the making. Use the resources to research this topic, outline the pros and cons of airline deregulation, and debate if it is necessary. 

Ideas to help guide your work:

1. What data/documentation was used by the U.S. Congress to support passing this legislation?
2. How could this legislation be evaluated? How can success or failure be measured?
3. Who should be a part of this conversation? Who should not be?
4. What information would you use to support changing this legislation?

Refer to the Module 3 Core Concepts, the resources below, and other source material if you wish.

• Airline Deregulation (Econlib)Links to an external site.
• Airline Deregulation: When Everything Changed (National Air and Space Museum)Links to an external site.
• How the Airline Deregulation Act Shook Up U.S. Aviation (Simple Flying)Links to an external site.
• Impacts of Airline Deregulation (TR News/PDF)Links to an external site.
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