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October 18, 2005

Online Dirty Tricks at American Airlines

The Wikipedia entry on the Wright Amendment (the law which restricts destinations of flights taking off from Dallas' Love Field, which serves -- and was intended -- to protect American Airlines from Southwest) was edited by someone using an American Airlines domain.

Someone using an Internet service provider registered to American edited online encyclopedia Wikipedia last week to describe Southwest Airlines as "a notoriously litigious company constantly seeking to change laws to gain an advantage."

For a time, the site also said Dallas-based Southwest is "known for its PR machine and litigious nature."

American dismisses the event as actions by rogue employees that it cannot identify.

Posted by gleff at October 18, 2005 10:27 AM