Hey airlines, we want our $80 billion back now!

The federal government threw airlines a lifeline after the pandemic started. Did the airlines throw a party?

When American Airlines canceled thousands of flights last weekend and blamed weather and staffing problems, maybe you wondered how that could happen. I did.

I mean, didn't American taxpayers give domestic airlines $80 billion to stay fully staffed? The money allocated for airlines under the CARES Act was meant as financial assistance for employee wages, …