1.   American, instead of United, would rent crews and planes to the smaller airline under the reported deal.

2.   And many had borrowed heavily to buy smaller airlines and increase market share.

3.   At least two smaller airlines, AirTran Airways and Southwest Airlines, are readying their bag-match programs to comply with the law.

4.   Boeing won only a handful of requests for orders from smaller airlines such as Thai Airways, helping clinch its decision to shelve the big jetliner.

5.   A number of smaller airlines also sell coupons.

6.   AirTran is pushing regulators to carve out some pieces of those deals for smaller airlines.

7.   But at some smaller airlines, flight attendants do the new checks in addition to the normal checks of emergency equipment.

8.   But most smaller airlines specialize in a region.

9.   Earlier this year, the Transportation Department proposed a series of guidelines designed to prevent larger carriers from preying on smaller airlines.

10.   If Alaska Airlines were forced to contract out heavy maintenance, it could result in service cutbacks and perhaps a smaller airline.