[Capt. Tom]

And yet, airline are flying passengers cheek by jowl. I was on a Spirit flight yesterday that was completely full.

A lot of airlines like Delta, American, etc. have been bankrupt before, but they get bailed out. Foreign flagged Cruise ships don't get bailed out, so they are more vulnerable to bankruptcies.

[Fai Mao]

Cruise ships are foreign flagged because of the Jones Act, not because they want to be. A classic example of a law with unintended consequences.