Originally Posted by
PotatoChip
Yeah, that is fantasy. And collusion.
And which government would pay? The federal government? They didn't shut down the economy. So the state and local governments? They aren't going to pay the airlines.
And you realize government money is your money, right? So we are asking the taxpayers to fund us or we hold the planes on the ground and refuse to fly... refuse to fly the same people who are taxpayers, and who we need to buy tickets from us to operate to begin with?? No, this does not "sound good kinda".
Meanwhile, thousands of small business across the country are going out of business permanently with no help from the government.
I'm sure public sentiment would be on our side. *rolls eyes*.
Gotta agree with Chip here. May be time for the government to stop printing money for airlines and let the airline industry work itself out through normal market forces. One could argue the weak will fail and others will pick up the slack. We may even fail (but after others), kinda like what small business is experiencing. But hey, at least we’ll never hear pilots complain about other global airlines being subsidized by their government. Be kinda ironic now wouldn’t it? (Sarcasm)