If the airlines just stick to the plans they made for high oil- cut 10 to 15 percent minimum- they should be able to keep the prices high enough to make money with oil going down and shouldn't need a bailout. If they don't do this pretty much across the board as planned there will be too many seats to keep the prices up and there will be pain. In this case the weak should be allowed to die to make the rest stronger without another freakin' bailout. Management has raped enough employees and investors and deserves jail a heck of a lot more than a bail out.