Yes, I have, in a conversation, I think, with Sean O'Keefe from the Office of Management and Budget. He works for Mitch Daniels. He was under the impression that the executive branch had the authority, in return for granting $5 billion worth of cash assistance, to demand warrants or other appropriate instruments from the airlines that were getting them, and that that would deter the airlines from asking for more than they should.
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