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United may deserve consumers' wrath for many reasons. But as much as it pains us to say it, it didn't deserve this.

These are the aviation trends we were talking about this week.

With these awards passengers help prove larger and busier airports are capable of providing great service but smaller airports definitely have an advantage because they can often do a better job at serving less passengers more efficiently and seem to make up the majority of these awards.

It's not likely the U.S. carriers will win this round. In addition to challenges from the Gulf, they are dealing with Norwegian Air's low-cost challenges for trans-Atlantic service. While not all Americans love the Gulf carriers, they do love an airline bargain.

Delta's CEO chose to hide behind 9/11 and all the paranoia around the word "Arab" than make a compelling argument or prove his case.

There's an argument to be had here about state aid for airlines, but this isn't it. You know you're losing the debate when you try to link your opponent to 9/11.

Sometimes you can find a deal, sometimes a mistake. It's good to know the difference between the two.

Airport security lines may be a little slower if the DHS funding bill doesn't pass, but travelers shouldn't expect major, noticeable differences at airports.

"I’m all for American carriers succeeding. But they need to look past the short-term thinking and understand the world is about to get even more global, even more competitive and shaving dollars quarter to quarter isn’t going to save them."

These teenagers and their crazy plans to change the aviation marketplace. It just might work.