[wastoute]

Historically, the airline industry has enjoyed enormous financial support for the government as part of our National Defense. Rapid Mobilization Capacity. By law they have to turn over everything to the government on a moment’s notice. They have never been “notified” AFAIK but it’s there, in the. Laws.

[dfwgator]

“Too Big to Fail” essentially means they are a Government company.

[Covenantor]

"Historically, the airline industry has enjoyed enormous financial support for the government as part of our National Defense. Rapid Mobilization Capacity. By law they have to turn over everything to the government on a moment’s notice. They have never been “notified” AFAIK but it’s there, in the laws."

Just as the Interstate Highway system was planned by President Eisehower as the National Defense Highway System. Old enough to remember that signs identified various sections as Defense Highways in the early dsys of construction.