31. Consider first the case of predatory pricing . 32. Frontier charges United with " predatory pricing , " or selling below real cost. 33. It is the first predatory pricing case brought in the industry since airline deregulation in 1978. 34. Is there predatory pricing out there? 35. Q . ( italics ) Some economists say there is no such thing as predatory pricing . 36. Definitely, we won't allow predatory pricing here, " de Venecia maintained. 37. Additionally, many Japanese bearing manufacturers were penalized by the European Economic Community for predatory pricing . 38. But at least predatory pricing offers a veneer of plausibility to justify government intervention in foreign trade. 39. They claim the company practices predatory pricing _ slashing prices to put smaller competitors out of business. 40. Neither the Justice Department nor any civil litigants have won a predatory pricing case against an airline.
