Originally Posted by
captjns
They did... Airline Bailout from 9/11... funded by taxpayers. Termination of Defined Benefit Pension Plans at the cost of the employees of their respective airlines retirement benefits.
I forgot to include the sarcasm button. U.S. airlines get billions in government subsidies, and protections. They are the recipients of at least $1 Billion in subsidiaries annually in the form of tax breaks. Plus Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code allows failing U.S. airlines a lifeline that does not exists for non-U.S. carriers.