as heathrow's owner beasley said in a recent submission to the department of transportation, heathrow is as full and access to it is as limited as it historically has ever been. of course, the eu, u.s. phase one agreement does not guarantee heathrow's thoughts, gays or other facilities. in fact, public financial filings indicate continental airlines paid $209 million. i.e. over 50 million per slot there to support a single heathrow round-trip flight. free access to heathrow, hardly. what european carriers provide a handful of slots to facilitate the few heathrow flights last summer that supply of slots is not limitless as ba aa content. in fact, that very small pool of thoughts is now exhausted. also, with jfk recently joining the heathrow club as a closer airport with virtually no competitive entry, red flags should be flying high on both sides of the atlantic. ba-aa argued that even if he too is full, competitors can operate from gatwick. it would not have occurred if financial returns were in any way comparable. heathrow has a clear premium as an airport. after all, why put its own