> and in this case the investor is the people as represented by the government. Or you could just sell shares to the public, since you're a public company. Tha

> and in this case the investor is the people as represented by the government. Or you could just sell shares to the public, since you're a public company. That would get more people involved in the market which is a good thing. If the government were to buy the airlines to inject cash they ought to assign the shares to individual americans.