Originally Posted by
gloopy
Crews and planes and pretty much all other overhead is a sunken cost right now though, and fuel is basically free. Also we need a skeleton domestic network to spoke what little profitable flying (cargo, which there's no money in or something) beyond the hub(s) it goes to.
There's lots of hourly workers who support the operation. Even cheap gas isn't "basically free". It costs money to operate an aircraft, outside of gas. There's time sensitive parts and inspections. A skeleton schedule is one thing, but airlines all of the US have been flying normal schedules for almost a week. We're just now getting to the point of winding down to the skeleton schedule.