> Here's the thing, there is nothing unfree market about demanding terms for those bailouts, it should be a negotiation, not an ultimatum from the airline industry

Executives and wall street like to talk about free markets when they're fucking the public, but when their company loses, that's the last thing they want.

The worst ever was handing the pensions over the xxx (whatever the Gov pension guarantee thing is) because "hey it will let us avert bankruptcy" which would land the pension fund there anyway. It became a way out rather than a safety net.