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You've got united that's 0 percent of domestic flights. consumers are saying there should be more excess. the industry is saying we're employs what is called capacity discipline. that's what the investigation is all about. >> so then you know richard, at the root of this does it have something to do with the consolidation of airlines as well? as avery pointed out, you have four carriers that represent 80% of the market? >> well fred you know it's one thing to sit and cry wolf here but the doj created this by approving all the mergers. so basically as avery said there are four major airlines co...

It difficult to travel. >> if you don't call six months in advance you don't get a seat at a reasonable price. that's how i see it. >> when gas prices go up environmentalists quietly celebrate. they don't want to gloat for political reasons, but they believe the higher gas prices are the less we will drive, the less pollution we have. what about this airline situation? is that something where environmentalists would be happy to see airfares go higher so that we fly less use less airplanes? >> i think it is higher airfares and the capacity discipline that have brought the u.s. aviation system i...

I think it stinks. airline prices have gone way up. >> charging from everything from a bag to come on to seat space. >> the extras they add on make it difficult to travel. >> if you don't call six months in advance you don't get a seat at a reasonable price. that's how i see it. >> when gas prices go up, environmentalists quietly celebrate. they don't want to gloat for political reasons, but they believe the higher gas prices are the less we will drive, the less pollution we have. what about this airline situation? is that something where environmentalists would be happy to see airfares go hig...

Announced last night it is investigating whether some major airlines have been colluding illegally and coordinating with one another to limit seat capacity to drive up ticket prices. justice department officials decline to specify which airlines are investigated but the four largest airlines, american, delta and southwest all confirm they are part of the investigation and they are cooperating. connecticut senator richard blumenthal called for the federal investigation. >> the term "maintaining capacity discipline" is a code word that the airlines use to tell each other they are going to constr...