Southwest vs JSX — the Monthly half-wrong again

Southwest is seemingly — note that word — getting hoist by its own playbook petard at Love Field. But is the "seemingly" actually so?

No, and that's where we get to the second half of the header.

I don't think JSX-type biz jets should be flying from Love. Let it, and other companies using the same current loophole, fly out of Dallas Executive, the old Redbird. To me, it's not primarily the baggage safety and TSA rules that Southwest raises (which American does as well) — rather, it's the congestion issues that will result if this expands. In addition, Southwest's loophole was purely about destinations and originations, not types of flights or anything else. In addition, JSX taking up slots at Love blocks another regular airline from doing that and offering more competition to Southwest. None of this gets mentioned in the Texas Monthly story. So, as with last week on the dunes sagebrush lizard, the Monthly's story is incomplete and badly framed.