American Delay Furloughs?
#31
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Joined APC: Oct 2020
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Kinda like bailing out the airlines and in a month asking for more money, as much as the taxpayers bail you guys out you could at least give a free travel voucher anywhere in the US once a year to express thanks.
#32
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Joined APC: Sep 2015
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this time our (collective) financial situation is due to the government telling people not to buy our product. And now state/local governments are taking putative action against those that do (quarantines)
can u give any example of a bailout that was offered to airlines that was not due to terrorism or the government telling people to not fly?
#33
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You realize this is an airline pilot forum right dummy?? Go away, you’re like a delusional old man yelling at the clouds..literally
#34
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Joined APC: May 2015
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last time I heard of a bailout was after 4 airplanes were hijacked and turned into cruise missles due to inadequate security provided by said government and airlines complying with government guidelines.
this time our (collective) financial situation is due to the government telling people not to buy our product. And now state/local governments are taking putative action against those that do (quarantines)
can u give any example of a bailout that was offered to airlines that was not due to terrorism or the government telling people to not fly?
this time our (collective) financial situation is due to the government telling people not to buy our product. And now state/local governments are taking putative action against those that do (quarantines)
can u give any example of a bailout that was offered to airlines that was not due to terrorism or the government telling people to not fly?
It's been fascinating to watch, to say the least.
#35
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Posts: 250
I'm just curious what makes you feel that the airlines are special in this situation, other than the fact that it's our industry? A bailout is a bailout. There are tons of industries that had to literally close their businesses during this time. We aren't special in that regard. It's extremely interesting that the vast majority of guys in this profession claim to be "free market conservatives" and oppose "handouts" to the poor, etc...but the minute the free market doesn't work in our favor, you expect the government (the "big government" that you hate so much) to intervene. The same people I hear in flight decks going on about how welfare is bad and people should just have fiscal responsiblity and save up for a rainy day, are now upset that the airlines aren't getting (at least not at this point) anymore money.
It's been fascinating to watch, to say the least.
It's been fascinating to watch, to say the least.
#36
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Joined APC: Dec 2012
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I'm just curious what makes you feel that the airlines are special in this situation, other than the fact that it's our industry? A bailout is a bailout. There are tons of industries that had to literally close their businesses during this time. We aren't special in that regard. It's extremely interesting that the vast majority of guys in this profession claim to be "free market conservatives" and oppose "handouts" to the poor, etc...but the minute the free market doesn't work in our favor, you expect the government (the "big government" that you hate so much) to intervene. The same people I hear in flight decks going on about how welfare is bad and people should just have fiscal responsiblity and save up for a rainy day, are now upset that the airlines aren't getting (at least not at this point) anymore money.
It's been fascinating to watch, to say the least.
It's been fascinating to watch, to say the least.
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#37
I'm just curious what makes you feel that the airlines are special in this situation, other than the fact that it's our industry? A bailout is a bailout. There are tons of industries that had to literally close their businesses during this time. We aren't special in that regard. It's extremely interesting that the vast majority of guys in this profession claim to be "free market conservatives" and oppose "handouts" to the poor, etc...but the minute the free market doesn't work in our favor, you expect the government (the "big government" that you hate so much) to intervene. The same people I hear in flight decks going on about how welfare is bad and people should just have fiscal responsiblity and save up for a rainy day, are now upset that the airlines aren't getting (at least not at this point) anymore money.
It's been fascinating to watch, to say the least.
It's been fascinating to watch, to say the least.
THAT is what we are trying to preserve.
#38
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Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 1,107
So we should probably nationalize all of the airlines into one big national airline then? Kind of like Amtrak. We could call it AmWay.
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#40
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Airplanes replaced trains decades ago as the way to move goods and services across the country in a timely fashion. Not a good analogy but I hear what your saying. At some point free market has to take back over. I’m just not so sure we’re at that point? Nobody really knows. I do know a complete economic mealtdown still isn’t off the table.
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