Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Better to ask early, manage expectations.
Airlines (like banks) are key infrastructure, economic aid is inevitable.
I don't use the term "bailout" because this is not like the situation with the banks, who set themselves up to fail and then got bailed out by the taxpayers. Airlines are strictly victims in this, no fault that I can see... most of them are pretty solvent in terms of normal economic cycles.
True this. And I'd like to add that government mandated bans are part of the cause of the current financial situation in the airline industry so government should have a hand in reparation.
I'm not sure it will happen though. From what I can tell on non-aviation centered commentary, the general public is sour on the idea of 'bailouts' and while we'll say this isn't the same thing, it's what THEY will see... along with their image of a rich, spoiled, entitled pilots who deserves no help.