Originally Posted by
Dave Fitzgerald
I'm sure I don't need to remind you, that there are more airline employees making far less than there are pilots. Several hundred thousand across the US in fact. If you want a transportation system on the other side, couple that with the infrastructure required to run an airline, this makes investment in the airlines almost mandatory. Pilots are a blip. We may benefit by the bailout, but we are not the emphasis.
I would also add CARES give money to a lot more then just airlines. We are a tiny portion of it.