It faces massive competition from entrenched airlines, is loathed by a good chunk of one of the main Americanpoliticalparties, is subsidised by taxpayers, and has never made a profit.
It is hard to come up with another example of a policy that has failed so often and so violently that has enjoyed the support of both Americanpoliticalparties.
It is particularly important to note that the United States can help support viable non-communist politicalparties for future elections by sending Cambodian-American instructors to the refugee camps to teach the fundamentals of democracy.