Personally I think loans to airlines with stipulations and a mechanism to make sure employees are paid and bridge the gap are acceptable. As long as the taxpayer is paid back I don’t see that as especially problematic.

Some of the travel will be lost but after this blows over there will be pent up demand as well.

You can fly anywhere and nobody in the row in front, behind, or next to you. Just flew to LA and there were 13 of us on that plane. This is crazy. I had to wait to board until someone radioed to the gate agent that the plane was disinfected.

Oh, I paid like $45. Get in here, folks!

I bought a ticket to use in late June early last week. As soon as I get the idea this is easing up a tiny bit I'm immediately planning at least one more domestic trip or a couple long weekend trips, with my intent for them to be before my overseas trip in September. That trip is also booked through an American carrier and is to visit our good freedom loving friends in Poland, it's even at expensive pre-apocalypse prices. I may even look to book some travel for 2021 soon since you can go about 12 months out. All of us that can will need to jumpstart the economy quickly with capitalism!

One thing to note if anyone is like me and likes to travel but is bothered by the uncertainty--most of the carriers are offering change fee waivers on flights you book now. The flight I booked in June is no risk to me. Even if I decide it's better to not make that trip I can use those $ on another trip later with no penalty. I'm going to travel (or be killed off by something first).