If all airlines stopped flying, our nation would collapse.

You are wasting your time . Some on here just do not understand economics.

Airlines won't stop flying. Worst case scenario is that the pax don't return in the short to medium term. Airlines go bankrupt assets are either sold off or are restructured to be much smaller. In a true capitalism, the market would sort it out. I'm not arguing that because America is a place where corporations get plenty of "welfare" and we should fight for our share. It would also be very painful to a seniority based workforce.

Who are you? And what have you done with my Eeyore friend???

Good words!

Airlines will not "stop flying." We are operating at 30% pax counts from 2019 levels. And this is the "reduced" flying map.

The stock market has basically rallied since May. So "reduced flying" has zero impact on the stock market, and the economy.

When people say "having the airlines back is key to getting the economy back" well the factual data shows otherwise. The airlines can't get past 30% PAX counts but the stock market has rallied since May. Unemployment numbers are improving.

Don't think ex Goldman Sachs Steve Mnuchin and company have missed this detail either.



"Reduced Flying" map:

The stock market is not the economy.

Its a good indicator of how it’s trending....

Its been quite a few years since I sat in my exciting and highly engaging economic classes. I do not recall however anything that stated that the United States was dependent on “the airlines”. I mean however did we make it as a nation before aviation existed?

Lets call it what it is. We want our companies, our airlines to survive. We know that travel is important, although people can always drive. We know face to face meetings are important, but technology has allowed video conferencing and the like.

Air travel almost certainly will not go away. Not because the USA depends on it for its very survival, but rather because we “want” to have airlines. We want the capability to go somewhere fast.

All that said there is nothing wrong with wanting airlines to survive. Nothing wrong with wanting air travel to survive. After all, that’s how we pay our bills!

I disagree. At best, it is a lagging indicator and extremely reactionary.