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11-09-2025 | 09:11 AM

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That said, my guess but for the government intervention, COVID would have blown right through 20%, so DYODD.

"A smaller, boutique Air Line with 7,000 pilots."

Thank God cooler heads prevailed.

11-09-2025 | 09:24 AM

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"A smaller, boutique Air Line with 7,000 pilots."

Thank God cooler heads prevailed.

without government intervention, that might have been reality

11-09-2025 | 09:31 AM

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https://liveandletsfly.com/pilot-sho...g-layoff-some/

Where are you SonicFlyer? Don’t leave me alone here

11-09-2025 | 11:14 AM

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without government intervention, that might have been reality

It would have been a disaster. Especially since their, "5-year event," turned into a, "1.5 year event."

11-09-2025 | 03:05 PM

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without government intervention, that might have been reality

As much as I dislike him, you have to give credit to the Trump administration, specifically Mnuchin, for the CARES act. It really did help stabilize the economy, help us avoid furlough, and enable airlines to bounce back quickly during the recovery.

11-09-2025 | 03:59 PM

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It would have been a disaster. Especially since their, "5-year event," turned into a, "1.5 year event."

hindsight is a hell of a thing. the landscape in may 2020 was deeply unclear

11-09-2025 | 04:26 PM

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hindsight is a hell of a thing. the landscape in may 2020 was deeply unclear

Sort of. By end of summer, smarter people KNEW what was REALLY going on.......

That whole "we didn't know what we didn't know" mantra is only good for rationalizng the first maybe 3-4 months.

11-09-2025 | 04:38 PM

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I don’t think it was a difficult decision really….”The Great Depression” was a good case study of not printing cash, when we should have.

Thats said, the administration could have completely hosed everything.

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