[Gordo]

I'm still not sure what that has to do with Southwest being able to do it better on their own. You really think it would be cheaper for Southwest to have to deal with environmental groups, NIMBY groups, eminent domain issues, etc, etc on their own without any help from government agencies or politicians? Sure, the airlines could probably do it cheaper if they had carte blanche to build whatever they wanted wherever they wanted and operate the facilities whenever and however they wanted, but in what world would that happen?