Originally Posted by Japhydog
US air travel would not have survived in anything like its current form without massive amounts of cash from the government plus government takeover of underfunded pensions and government protection through bankruptcy laws. Furthermore, I don't see how barely making any money is "better than before."
So maybe the logic isn't so much of an overreaction.
How do you know the same won't happen again? Also, you'd think that airlines pay more attention to their financial planning to minimise their impact against terrorism?