The irony, which seems to have been lost on Washington, is that an artificially low cost of capital (created by lenders who lost sight of risk management) got us into this mess in the first place, and now we're considering returning to easy money to get us out of it.
Management lost sight of the fact that keeping customers happy was critical to success and the people who worked for the airlines, in return, began to lose their passion for flying and the industry in general.