One reason they won't lend to airlines is the very example of the car industry above and the individual companies that received benefits. That was a total disaster and a waste of hundreds of millions dollars.
This would be the same.
"Competitively neutral" assistance is another matter altogether and would be absolutely reasonable, but I doubt even that would save VAH because of how it would be targeted and it wouldn't provide an immediate cash injection which is what this company desperately needs to survive over this period.