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Another way to fix it is to accept that a better product (i.e. skiplagged) has entered the market and attempt to improve their own (shitty pricing UI). Instead they're intimidating minors.

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Why would the airlines accept this?

Because that's a premise of a fair market? I realize there are plenty of examples in other industries of companies suing their way into dominant market share, but it's a practice that's just antithetical to a free market. If someone makes a better product (that complies with regulations), in a fair capitalist world competitors need to catch up. Not engage in shady tactics to bully their customers into accepting their own.

I realize America doesn't work this way but it's something I think a lot of people would agree with

Again, why would the existing airlines agree to this? Why do they want a “fair” market? There may be some, but I can’t think of an existing for-profit market leader wanting a “fair” market.

Seems to be the fatal flaw in capitalism. Companies will do anything to get an edge, including playing with the meta-rules of the system. They'll do anything else first before benefitting the customer

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