I don’t see how any of this actually gets through Congress and the courts. If the government somehow decides to give Spirit taxpayer money, the other LCC’s will sue for their share as well. If the government then went to the extreme and gave money to all LCC’s, the big 4 would tie that up in the courts arguing that the government had created an unfair business environment by subsidizing value carriers and allowing them to operate at a loss. I still say that the administration is putting on a show and doesn’t expect actually do anything. There isn’t enough support in Congress to shell out large sums of money and legal challenges will be bad press for the administration and void any political gains. They want the story to be that the administration saved jobs and low cost travel. They don’t want the dismal balance sheets and poor management history to be brought into the light by the opposition.