[Capt. Tom]

Well, why not. They are going to get billion$ of taxpayer money to see them through. No need to go through the motions.

The cost of a run of the mill cruise ship today is about a half a billion dollars.
Many cruise lines have bigger ships costing a billion dollars.

So tieing up these ships and paying tens of thousands of dollars to employees, can be a major economic problem, not to mention the collateral damage to airlines and hotels and travel agencies etc.

The real dammage depends on how long this lasts. -Tom

[hanamizu]

The real dammage depends on how long this lasts. -Tom

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There was a little video showing Cathay Pacific’s airliners parked in Hong Kong. So the airlines are hurting too—especially, I would imagine Asian carriers.

[LegendHasIt]

"So tieing up these ships and paying tens of thousands of dollars to employees, can be a major economic problem, not to mention the collateral damage to airlines and hotels and travel agencies etc....

When I owned businesses, if there was some sort of downturn, the taxpayers didn't bail me out, nor did I expect them to.

Too Big To Fail... Crony Crapitalism is great, huh?