[bit.listserv.politics] Airport safety

89036@LAWRENCE.BITNET (Jim Holthaus) (02/28/90)

>(ie: if the government lays out what is "Safe" then the
>Air ports only have to do that much...in an unregulated economy, they
>would jhave to strive to do better then their competition, making air
>travel much safer than it is today).

        Dave, this is incorrect.  There is no regulation prohibiting airports
from making themselves safer than gov't standards.  The gov't standards are
minimums.  Without these standards, there would be no minimums!  What would you
do then?

Jim Holthaus
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