61.   Several big airlines have already promised to install such equipment, but smaller ones have not.

62.   Small airlines took heart from the announcement, but the big airlines said that the policy would be impossible to comply with.

63.   Some members of Congress have urged executives at big airlines to take pay cuts.

64.   Still, big airlines will have hundreds of flights in the air at midnight all over the world.

65.   That is why big airlines have taken to selling last-minute tickets through e-mail lists and have agreed to participate in the new Priceline auction.

66.   That would be far more burdensome for big airlines, which sometimes put misconnected bags and passengers on different flights.

67.   The big airlines have also been losing share to low-fare competitors like Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways.

68.   The big European airlines will see how they can merge with each other to gain economies of scale, and further consolidation is just around the corner in America.

69.   The big airlines are not happy about additional taxes but see the combination of fee and tax as fairer than taxes alone.

70.   The big airlines have also been lobbying Congress, and they also took their campaign to the public.