The difference between U.S. flights and European

[LiberalArkie]

[NurseJackie]

1. Because: Freedom! (or something)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. That's going to change pretty soon.

US airlines are cutting their flight schedules by 50% or more because there aren't enough passengers.

[NCDem47]

4. I'm an aviation enthusiast

And I've been reading on boards that 200+ passenger airplanes are routinely going out with 10, 20, 30 poeple max.

That is never, ever going to last.

If Trump thinks he can wave his magic wand and get everybody traveling again, fat chance. The damage is done to the avaition industry. We're not going back. The crawlback (if there is one) will be slow and painful.

I'm not for a wholesale bailout of this industry, but our air system is vital and needed.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. I'm an aviation retiree, and very glad to be retired now.

I have heard the same thing from a pilot for the airline I used to work for - many flights are being canceled because there are so few passengers. It's worse than the days following 9/11, which I remember vividly. Hardly anybody wanted to fly for months afterward, and the result was a lot of layoffs. Even though traffic gradually improved, all the major airlines filed bankruptcy just a few years later. We'll see this again, only sooner.

[HarlanPepper]

8. Meh. You're not an analyst.

We’ll see what happens.

[NCDem47]

9. Me-ow!

This is an opinion board. I can speculate all I want. Thanks for the feedback!

[uponit7771]

3. What date?

[jberryhill]

5. ...and how much is general aviation

[LiberalArkie]

6. Don't know, but the tweets look the same as the current page

https://www.flightradar24.com/27.59,10.89/4

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. The airlines are looking at the possibility of a complete shutdown.

U.S. airlines are drafting plans for a potential voluntary or government-ordered shutdown of passenger flights, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday night.

Industry and federal officials told the Journal that no final decisions have been made by the carriers or the White House, while airlines currently struggle to operate with limited passengers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Officials also said other options were under consideration to prevent a shutdown, but the spreading pandemic has made the shutdown seem more unavoidable to airline officials, pilot-union leaders and federal transportation officials, according to the Journal.

Federal Aviation Administration officials are concerned that the virus will spread among agency controllers and technicians, as almost a dozen of traffic-control facilities have had to cease operations temporarily after positive cases.

The rest at https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/aviation/489161-us-airlines-drafting-plans-for-potential-shutdown-report