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Non-Tech : Airline Discussion Board -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (1495)	12/23/2020 12:32:18 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 1868

I don't think sending them $40bil in aid (including the previous batch) or maybe more, to maintain their current routes and employment is necessarily such a good idea. There ARE others that feel the same way, including me. The people in the airline industry have high-paying jobs and I'm sure bank loans would have been/are available to keep many routes open, especially now with vaccines being given. In my mind, at least half of the $40B would have been better spent on keeping up food production (meatpacking, etc.) and keeping the restaurants open (modernizing, etc.) that are on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The vaccines could create a whole back to normal world 6 to 12 months from now. o~~~ O