The majority of US commercial airlines are tax payer "subsidized" ... it's why they can afford to fly from coast to coast near empty.

We paid for the development of the companies, we paid for the construction of the necessary facilities, we paid for the materials and construction of each and every airplane ...,

With the exception of the firearms industry and possibly the Ford motor company ... and maybe Greyhound, we bought and paid for every industry that is now sucking the life out of us through legislated mandates, taxes and fees ....

O.W.