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"The Future of the Airline Industry"
October 31, 2003  ·
On October 31, 2003, a Weidenbaum Center Forum program was held at Washington University in St. Louis. The goal of this half-day public forum was to discuss challenges to federal policy towards airlines and the implications of closing the American Airlines hub in St. Louis.

Transcripts, video, and audio of the conference may be accessed from this page. Transcripts are in pdf format; video and audio stream in RealNetworks.

Panel One     Streaming Audio                   Panel One     Streaming Video
Panel Two     Streaming Audio                   Panel Two     Streaming Video

Text Transcripts of event

Challenges to Federal Policy Toward the Airlines

Keynote Address: Michael Levine, Yale University         Transcript
Introductory Talk:  Clinton Oster, Jr., Indiana University
Panelist 1: Jan Brueckner, University of Illinois          Transcript
Panelist 2: Jeffrey Stanley, United Airlines          Transcript
Panelist 3: Michael Levine, Yale University
St. Louis and the Changing Airline Industry
Introductory Talk: Jan Brueckner, University of Illinois          Transcript
Panelist 1: Bryan Bezold, St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Assn.          Transcript
Panelist 2: Cletus Coughlin, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis          Transcript
Panelist 3: Col. Leonard Griggs, St. Louis Airport Authority