[pepsionice]

The government should have kept its money and told all companies...no matter what they do...sink or swim. Its not the governments job to bail out companies whenever they ask. Its entirely possible that we have too many airlines in the US now and we need to downsize.

[SamAdams76]

On the subject of airlines, what makes SouthWest so exceptional? They seem to be the only U.S. airline that is still profitable and expanding. What is their secret?

[rellimpank]

--yes--and furthermore, when new airlines appear to replace the old, the new ownership should see to it that they don't hire anyone who held a management position in any of the old ones--the incompetence of airline management in general over the last twenty years has been scandolous--