Note

Bailing Out Congress: An Assessment and Defense of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act of 2001

115 Yale L.J. 438 (2005)

This Note provides the first detailed account of the conception, impact, and success of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (ATSSSA) of 2001, an $18 billion federal bailout of the airline industry passed eleven days after the terrorist attacks of Septem…