I think the government should bailout the airlines.

The reason being that with the auto bailout the US took partial control. Airlines need that. The FAA can step in and a ground a whole fleet. Look at american and their MD80s. The gov't can reroute aircraft, close airports, change procedures or requirements. The other day I was flying into EWR and Joe Biden was flying in. All of new york space was shut down for over an hour. We went low enough on fuel we almost had to divert along with at least 10 others on our freq alone. No telling how many other aircraft out there were just burning money. I know I heard a Speedbird out there. Anyway wit the government able to simply alter an airlines operations it's no wonder they can't make money. The amount of fees the airlines pay is complete BS considering how many people they employ in the area. If the airlines get a giant boost from the public and the gov't takes ownership maybe that will be the one thing needed to have them re-regulated.

On the other hand I can only imagine that the airlines were hedging their butts off when oil was in the $30s. Not saying they don't need help in the long run but I'm willing to bet they'll make more money off their new hedges then they would off regular flights.