Originally Posted by
sanicom3205
Most importantly, this bailout doesn’t help the airlines in any way as far as I’m aware..... the cash is only used to refund the cost of payroll. In other words, I believe the airline would save just as much money by just leaving everyone on the streets so the bailout wouldn’t effect bankruptcy in the slightest. Am I wrong?
Take the amount that AA received from the government. Divide it by the amount of recalled furloughs and then multiply that by 4 because the second bill only stipulated a quarter of a year of employment (3-mo duration).
It results in an annual "salary" of over $1 million per job saved. It was a corporate bailout disguised as payroll support and thankfully you and the general public bought it.