1. An official of the flight attendants union accused the airline of trying to create pressure for a bailout package. 2. And lawmakers appeared ready to support a larger bailout package. 3. Approved as part of the airline bailout package, the fund would compensate for economic loss, pain and suffering and thus spare the airlines endless lawsuits. 4. As part of its bailout package, South Korea agreed to drop certain trade barriers. 5. At issue are stiff fiscal reform requirements that are part of bailout packages constructed by the IMF for several of the most damaged natinns. 6. Brazil has a bailout package in place and is working on budget reform. 7. Ahern is expected to propose a bailout package on Friday. 8. But compensating airlines for future losses because of an economic slowdown is an immensely complicated issue that Congress should consider carefully before rushing headlong into a bailout package. 9. But in this instance, Clinton has the advantage because the United States holds tremendous sway over the IMF and could block any bailout package. 10. Camdessus said those measures, coupled with the bailout package, should enable Thailand to weather the worst of the economic downturn forced by the reforms. |