Senate Committee on the Judiciary
"Airline Consolidation: Has It Gone Too Far?"
Wednesday, February 7, 2001, 9:30 a.m.
226 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Statement of Senator Hatch
Statement of Senator Leahy
Witnesses
PANEL I
The Honorable Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO)
The Honorable Harry Reid (D-NV)
The Honorable Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA)
The Honorable Senator Jean Carnahan (D-MO)
The Honorable Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)
The Honorable Representative John J. LaFalce (D-NY)
The Honorable Representative Sue Myrick (R-NC)
PANEL II
Gordon Bethune
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Continental Airlines
Houston, TX
Leo F. Mullin
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Delta Airlines
Atlanta, GA
William A. Franke
President and Chief Executive Officer
America West
Phoenix, AZ
Joe Leonard
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
AirTran
Orlando, FL
Professor Michael E. Levine
Adjunct Professor of Law
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
PANEL III
Donald Carty
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
American Airlines
Fort Worth, TX
James E. Goodwin
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
United Airlines
Chicago, IL
William Compton
President and CEO
Trans World Airlines
St. Louis, MO
Robert L. Johnson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
DC Air
Washington D.C.
Stephen M. Wolf
Chairman
US Airways Group, Inc.
Arlington, VA