FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - U.S. Domestic Passenger Flights Could Virtually Shut Down
Old Mar 30, 2020 | 8:47 am
  #33  
Boghopper
50 Countries Visited
3M
100 Nights
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: UA GS MM, Marriott Life Plat, Hyatt Globalist, Southwest Alist pref, various others of little note
Posts: 2,873
Originally Posted by rsteinmetz70112
The OP should read the heading above the quoted passage:

When the airline is not at fault:

That is when the airline cannot fly not when they choose not to fly for financial reasons. Having an insufficient passenger load isn't such a reason. If the airport were closed for a blizzard, hurricane, an air traffic control issue or a government ordered shutdown then this would apply.
How about a pandemic?
Boghopper is offline