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What’s causing the US airline chaos?

Recently, flying in the US seems to be more chaotic than calm. And while it may seem like this all started recently, the FT’s Chicago Correspondent Claire Bushey takes us back to a decision that happened in the 1970s that got us to where we are now.  Clips from NBC, PBS, CBS- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For further reading:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/4341f119-09e4-4644-ab6f-fac585040358" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How the US fell out of love with flying</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6102c431-f2ee-4b90-876d-c09b0e2a2692" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Passengers to keep ‘paying the price’ of aviation chaos, says United CEO</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/121357f6-d9f2-4262-accd-82f5c406052c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hyper-efficiency is bad business</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/897674fb-91d3-42ac-aea1-2eb9c03be8f9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US airlines: higher fares and (hopefully) better service</a>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On Twitter, follow Claire Bushey (<a href="https://twitter.com/Claire_Bushey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Claire_Bushey</a>) and Michela Tindera (<a href="https://twitter.com/mtindera07" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mtindera07</a>) <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2a553e69-d490-486e-9417-7a058dd422d4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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