There are some airports that employ the "use it or lose it" basis for gate assignments. So the airlines have to fly empty or near empty planes to these airports to make sure they don't lose their gates. This is something that should be suspended for a period of 30-90 days. No airline should be held hostage to an airport during a worldwide crisis.

The FAA has loosened the slot-use requirements through 31MAY2020 for KJFK, KLGA, and KDCA. They are crediting virus related cancellations as flights at KORD, KLAX, KEWR, and KSFO.

The people who will suffer from the flight cutbacks are not the travelling public,who are curtailing at present,but the employees..yes,its a grand gesture for the ceo of aa and dl and even wn to take a paycut or not accept a salary for a few months,but they will still be employed..when flights are cut back, the first thing that happens is furlough notices go out to various unions,then to the non union personnel...trump can have all the meetings he wants with the ceo of dl or ua or aa or wn,but the reality of the situation as it stands, is the virus is spreading,and those same ceo's can only operate for so long without financial hardship and cutbacks..there is an old expression that applies..."reality,what a concept"!!