The bailout was the politicos knee jerk response to the airlines pushing many layoffs quickly such as CO AND AA's 20,000 + just after the NYC event.
The bailout will cover much of airline money declines before 9 -11-01.
If air traffic is so bad, where are the fare sales?
Why would AA and NWA try to screw their laid off employyees by dening health and severance benefits..just after getting 5 BILLION of taxpayer money?
Is this another instance of taxpayers bailing millionaire airline managers and millionaire pilots?
The Joe Blow of America is once again on the short stick of American political economics...May God help us.