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Old 03-16-2020, 05:16 PM
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Airline managers always use extraordinary situations to get free money from the government, concessions from employees, and relief from creditors.
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The last bailouts were the banks and auto industries. Multi-million dollar golden parachutes for the executives without any penalty for the bad business decisions they made really ****ed off the American people.

I do NOT want this industry to go down that same road and be hated by the public.
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The last bailouts were the banks and auto industries. Multi-million dollar golden parachutes for the executives without any penalty for the bad business decisions they made really ****ed off the American people.

I do NOT want this industry to go down that same road and be hated by the public.
Too late for that. The public hates us.
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Too late for that. The public hates us.
Overselling flights being the new norm will do that.
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Too late for that. The public hates us.
The last bailouts sparked the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements. Now THAT is hatred!
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Old 03-16-2020, 06:49 PM
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This isn't a socialism case. The government is directly prohibiting the airlines from operating (to Europe, to parts of Asia). That is a direct financial hit on the airlines and their bottom line. Now the government is forcing people with curfews and to stay in place for several weeks with everything outside closed except essential services. This again hurts the airlines. So if the government is making rules/changes that are directly affecting and hurting the airlines, then they should bail them out from their own self-created mess.
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This isn't a socialism case. The government is directly prohibiting the airlines from operating (to Europe, to parts of Asia). That is a direct financial hit on the airlines and their bottom line. Now the government is forcing people with curfews and to stay in place for several weeks with everything outside closed except essential services. This again hurts the airlines. So if the government is making rules/changes that are directly affecting and hurting the airlines, then they should bail them out from their own self-created mess.
Except that the average person will be taxed to pay for it.
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Except that the average person will be taxed to pay for it.
and if history is our guide, the bailed out executives will be rewarded with extravagant golden parachutes.

I wonder what the protest movements will call themselves.....Occupy Airports? Bus Party?
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Maternity leave, basic healthcare or school lunches, socialism....50 billion for airlines, 2 trillion for banks...capitalism. Got it.
Like I said, you're clueless
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Like I said, you're clueless
I can’t wait for these quarantines to be over so guys like you can go back to occupying your time with civil war re-enactments and circle jerks at the gun range.
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