If the federal government comes through with massive aid, the airlines should be obligated not to shut down.
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No industry bailout w/o conditions. Including
direct payroll subsidies to airline industry workers, including pilots and flight attendants but also airport service workers. Airlines regularly cycle through booms and busts. Since the big 2008-09 downturn, they reportedly used 96% of their free cash flow to do stock buybacks, not to build a financial cushion. Not saving for a rainy day is on them.