That's the counterargument I've had with a friend who says that the Government is the real customer of the airlines now. They can't bail them out forever and unless they stop carrying passengers entirely and go to purely cargo boycotts are still effective. If they weren't hurting then my Southwest Card wouldn't have had a ton of new perks added to it all of a sudden to entice me into flying again after a year. Also the airline CEOs wouldn't be trying to end mask mandates on planes either.