Airline CEO: Coronavirus ‘More Serious Challenge’ For Industry Than 9/11 | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC

Airlines are cutting back on flights due to decreased travel demand from customers and businesses. Southwest Airlines CEO says this is a "more serious challenge for the industry since 9/11," NBC's Tom Costello reports. Aired on 03/10/2020.
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Airline CEO: Coronavirus ‘More Serious Challenge’ For Industry Than 9/11 | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC

51 comments

  1. Who cares if the airlines lose money, they rip us off every time we book a flight!!! Good luck with that.

    1. They offer a service, I can fly across the US and it cost me less than it would be go drive and I get there the same day. I do not believe it is a rip off.

    2. @das12985 for the cost and what you actually get it’s a rip off. Seat spaces are getting smaller, they want to charge for dang near every bag.. I don’t feel bad for them.

    3. _”Who cares?”_ Do you think they’re just going to ‘eat’ the losses? We will all be charged more next time we fly, and then those raised prices will set their new ‘standard’ which will only increase from there. And they will cram more, cheaper seats into those tubes, so that when we fly at those higher rates, we’ll be even more uncomfortable. // Whoa. 33 people agreed with the OP…. Truly frightening.

    4. America cares because IMPEACHED imbecilic paedophile trump aka individual 1 will bail the airlines out at the cost of the social care system just like trump did for the farmers. socialism right.

    1. Velo1010 1) Found out yesterday that grandparents brought the virus back and visited the grandkids, who then went to school – a local school 2) The area where my brother lives has closed down theatres etc 3) The experts say this virus will still be here next year. Go watch Rachel Maddow and how reporters are getting the real info from the experts, there is a recording of the call made, played for you to hear on the video. 4) The government were caught removing the recommendation from the experts telling elderly people not to fly… 5) If your happy potentiality spreading the virus to little kids then that says a lot about you… 6) So now here we are with WH officials having to quarantine themselves, while the president who shook both their hands, thinks he’s immune and doesn’t give a poop if he’s a carrier…

    2. dan112020 I will Skype thanks, sad tho that I don’t get to spend time with the children, but better than the risk.

    1. I think you mean……Why combust all those Hydrocarbons with Oxygen, forever losing an Oxygen atom???

      CO2, CO and Oxides of Nitrogen “NoX” are all gasseous by -products of the combustion process between Hydrocarbon “Fossil Fuels” and Oxygen

  2. Who wants to get on a cramped airplane jammed full of people, breathing recirculated air, and munching on a tiny bag of nuts or pretzels? Then, add in the corona virus?? Their “bottom-line” just got flushed!!

  3. Until they start testing everyone who has died from influenza and pneumonia we will never know what the real mortality rates are.

    The symptoms are similar to influenza and pneumonia there have probably been people who died of COVID-19, but were misdiagnosed on their death certificates.

    Also, we don’t know the real mortality rate because some governments (China, Iran, USA, and others) lie.

    1. We have the diamond princess cruise ship of largely healthy people who were immediately given western medicine. 705 confirmed cases, 6 deaths. Almost 1%. Pretty bad and much worse than the normal flu, and when you look at death rates of elderly it’s staggering, around 10% for people in their 70s and going up rapidly from there.

      If you’re young and healthy, you will almost assuredly be fine. If you’re old…yeah…don’t get it is all I can tell you.

    2. @Michael Petrovich “As an MIT PhD in Biological Engineering who studies & does research nearly every day on the Immune System, the #coronavirus fear mongering by the Deep State will go down in history as one of the biggest fraud to manipulate economies, suppress dissent, & push MANDATED Medicine!” tweeted Ayyadurai.

  4. Americans can’t have free masks, testing kits, Healthcare, time off from work, etc. but here come the Airlines with their hands out for bail-outs. “In American, we have Socialism for the Rich, and Rugged Individualism for the Poor.”

    1. i mean, if they could refund your ticket then they would not need a bailout would they. idk. sympathies for the money you’re losing though. that sucks.

    2. @Crystal Giddens
      well yeah, i’m assuming its like when you sell something and right away use the money and the person comes back for a refund. you dont have the money anymore or back yet if you used the money to get more stuff to sell. am i missing something?

    3. @THE16THPHANTOM money is what you are missing. and lots of it if you actually think that way. they didn’t fly because they could not fly. if an airline can’t back that, well i wouldn’t fly.

  5. Are you people really more concerned about making money than people who may die? Wow! You’re unbelievable! I pray the virus teaches you a lesson about what’s really a priority in your life. Life itself!

    1. Tell us about it! Mr. Hoax, got us all into a hoaxing situation. We are facing a ” hellish” disease, and still our alleged leader, is still hoaxing us, expecting us to be not intelligent, digest and buy into his hoaxes. Why expect us to be “hoaxed into stupidity”, while we know, see folks dying at the expense of his “Hoakness”. Where has all his senses gone?

  6. The WH is demanding airlines aviation to search their data for passengers names addresses ages and all that flew from different countries that might have the Coronavirus. And if they can’t come up with it, they’re threatening to fine all airlines $500k.

    This is the Trump administration trying to strong arm the airlines because they’re failing at doing their jobs.

  7. So while 45 go plays golf while there’s is Coronavirus. COVID-19 in which he may be infected Still in denial.. When will the Senate do there job known that 45 his Incompetent.

  8. Soon enough, these airline CEO’s will go to the White House, hat in hand, for yet another bailout that will be used for stock buybacks. Just watch for that to happen.

    1. Got that right! Next limits, halt would be placed on citizens money in banks, to help with their monetary misfortune. Recall the financial crisis.

  9. What about when one of the crew on a airline test positive? Then it spreads out like this💥🌬️🛫🛬💥🔜😷🤒🤢🤮

  10. Like we should feel bad for the CEOs I am sure the last three years of record breaking profits while wages stay the same

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