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Where did you see that she's hoping for the industry's collapse? I didn't read that anywhere. This is a ridiculous thread title in my opinion.

There are inefficiencies in the air transportation system that should be considered, and as she noted the CARES Act has been a rather crude remedy:
"the first round of CARES Act funding favored small airports serving no more than one-quarter of one percent of the nation’s passengers or functioning as airports for private aviation and flight training. Some small airports received enough funds to operate for several years while some of the busiest airports received enough to cover their operating budgets through July."

As a taxpayer, I think that funding could probably be used better in other ways. That said, I think she conflates several issues and falls down the social justice rabbit hole without making a very compelling point. It doesn't seem to be a very well thought out article.

Nevertheless, I don't know why everyone has to jump to presuming the author wants the industry to die or that it's all part of some secret "Master Plan." Are you implying there's some sort of conspiracy at play? I don't get it.

This was an opinion piece, and you have every right to disagree with her opinion. I also disagree with the thrust of the article, but I also think she made some points worth thinking about. It would be nice if people could learn to disagree without assuming the worst, and drawing parallels to Nazi's on literally no basis (really SonicFlyer? getting a Phd makes you a Nazi?)