So you are agreeing that AA did claim the 911 monies? The reasons are irrelevant. I am correct that they received goverment subsidy and you know perfectly well that these were not offered because of any madcap internet conspiracy theories. We can agree to agree on this one.
We appear to agree also on the second point. You don't deny they receive the subsidy.. you just justify it. Fine.. but it is a subsidy. It distorts the free market, which is often championed by the US, except when they don't like it!
On the infrastructure issue.. the airlines pay fees for the operational costs, but do not pay for the capital costs. There are also significant other hidden subsidies... for example, the US government pays US carriers including AA to have their aircraft "available" in times of national emergency. Curiously, they have never called on the aircraft, even at times of national need; indeed when they have required aircraft for troop movements related to the operations in Afghanistan and the Middle East they paid again in the form of charters.
I am pleased you agree that they receive subsidies.. and am happy to agree to disagree on whether such subsidies are justified.
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Oct 13, 2009, 12:30 AM
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