How former President Jimmy Carter transformed the airline industry

One of the late presidents Jimmy CarterModern America’s most notable contribution was his work to transform the commercial airline industry.

Although Carter is known for his various humanitarian, economic, and unity efforts, one of his primary efforts was advocating deregulation for the commercial airline industry to enhance the passenger experience and create affordable air travel for the average American worker.

The former president signed the bipartisan Airline Deregulation Act on October 24, 1978, to prohibit “states from regulating the price, route, or service of an air carrier for the purpose of maintaining the competitiveness of national commercial air transportation.”

After the bill was signed into law, airlines were allowed to choose their own routes and determine how much they would charge passengers for air tickets.

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After removing federal control of the airline industryeconomists Robert Crandall of the Brookings Institution and Jerry Ellig of George Mason University reported in 1997 that the savings amounted to about $40 and $60 billion annually, nearly one percent of national income.

In a May address to a mental health forum at the Carter Center in Atlanta, grandson Jason Carter said his grandfather is “doing well” and continues to appreciate the “outpouring of love” his family has received since his wife’s death. former First Lady Rosalyn Carter.

“My grandfather is doing well. As you know, he’s been in hospice for almost a year and a half and he’s really, I think, coming to the end,” Jason Carter said at The 28th Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum. “I’ve said before that there’s a part of that journey of faith that’s so important to him, and there’s a part of that journey of faith that you only get to experience at the very end, and I think he was there in that space .”

Carter was sworn in as the 39th President of the United States in 1977. and was the oldest president to ever live, 100 years old when he died.

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“I’ve had a wonderful life, I’ve had thousands of friends, I’ve had an exciting, adventurous and fulfilling existence,” Carter previously said as he reflected on his life.

Serving as governor of Georgia in 1975, Carter decided to take his political career one step further: to the White House. The Democrat defeated then-incumbent Gerald Ford in a race won by 297 to 241 electoral votes.

From the beginning, he always had a compassionate heart and leaned on his Christian faith throughout his life, a trait that left an impressive mark on his presidency and life after leaving office.

“Obviously I prayed about it. I didn’t ask God to let me live, I just asked God to give me the right attitude towards death. And I found that I was absolutely and completely at peace with death. It really doesn’t matter to me whether I’m dead or alive,” Carter said, according to CBS News.

“Since then, I have been absolutely convinced that my Christian faith includes full confidence in life after death. So I will live again after I die – I don’t know what form I will take or anything like that, but I have confidence that there is a God and he is almighty and he keeps his promises and promises life after death.”

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The former president died at the age of 100 on Sunday after moving into a hospice in February 2023 to spend remaining time at home.

Fox Business’ Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.