We really need to stop these airline mergers

Combining Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines, and JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines, is a terrible idea. Here's how you can stop it.

If the latest wave of proposed airline mergers have left you a little worried, then you have a good memory.

Historically, airline mergers are terrible for passengers. And the latest two — the proposed combination of Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines, and of JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines — are no exception.

"Passengers should be very skeptical of…