And you are making the fatal error of hindsight, acting like we have a time machine where we can turn back time and change the past. The fact is, we have an aerospace industry and it employs tens of thousands of Canadians with good paying jobs with additional spin off occupations. Letting Bombardier simply go bankrupts and fade away would be disastrous for our economy and the future prosperity of Canada.  It may not serve yours or my narrow self-interests, but supporting Bombardier the best interests of Canada as it is today. Hindsight is really irrelevant to the debate. As for Canadian Airlines, as your example, going bankrupt, you forget that much of that airline and its business was gobbled up by Air Canada. If Bombardier goes, it would most likely be replaced by....nothing.