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The Fly America Act requires the U.S. government to use U.S. carriers. It's a government handout to the airlines, one of many. The airlines accept gross gover

• jonny_eh 8y ago
  > then protest when the government uses their services They protest when the government uses their services to commit human rights abuses.
• dogma1138 8y ago
  Protecting national airlines is of strategic importance to any sane nation which is why many of them subsidize at least one national airline even if they operate at a loss. This isn't handout, and while the US due to it's strategic significance isn't likely to be at an immediate risk the rules still apply. If the only connection you have to the outside world is through foreign airlines you open yourself to be pressured both by state and non-state actors. While one can say it's the chicken and the egg problem in this case the egg truly comes first and how connected a country is, has a direct and immediate impact on it's economic viability and outlook. P.S. This isn't about the deportation issue which is quite terrible* but rather to the GP comment about the act being a handout. *The US is also the only nation that hasn't ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._ratification_of_the_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._ratification_of_the_Conve...