Should We Blame the Government for Our Poor Air Travel System?

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  06.25.08 | 12:19 PM ET

David Ignatius says yes. “We speak of the airline industry as a market failure, but in a deeper sense, it’s a political failure,” he writes in the Washington Post. “The next time you’re stressing in an airport, ask yourself why government doesn’t start helping to fix this mess.”