Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is lending his support to several airlines (British Airways, American Airlines, Iberia, Finnair and Royal Jordanian) which are seeking antitrust immunity status in the U.S.

This would allow the airlines to forge closer alliances and, as noted by the Wall St. Journal, to bypass monopoly laws in this country allowing them to “work together on scheduling and pricing in a deal that would also involve revenue sharing.”

Schwarzenegger noted that Star and SkyTeam alliances already have this broad antitrust immunity.

This BA alliance is known as “oneworld” – is it just me, or does that sound like one of those global domination entities some of the governor’s movie characters used to do battle with?