Please stop the meme of airlines being unprofitable. Airlines are a shell game between companies, where the industry thrives but I individual companies buy and

Please stop the meme of airlines being unprofitable. Airlines are a shell game between companies, where the industry thrives but I individual companies buy and sell each other (notice none of these supposedly unprofitable airlines ever seem to fail, just get bought - odd, that). Also 2 of the fortune 100 are airlines. Airlines make everyone involved piles of cash. It just turns out they are able to screw over customers more and get more government cash of they complain relentlessly about their massive, global industry being just oh so hard to make any money in.