Government money
One of the major reasons that GA is in dire straits money wise, is that the govt cannot keep it's sticky fingures out of business.
GA operators have to compete with organisations that raise money from the general public, and get handouts, concessions, grants, and generally favourable treatment from govt departments., and often do not pay tax.
"Not for profit" organisations should not be issued with a"for profit" Charter, or RPT AOC. They have unfair, advantages.
This distorts commerce, and appears to border on curruption.
We have almost got a society where corruption is normal.
One company dominates the airline industry, and all except one of the others will have a very hard time, (That one is needed to disguise the monopolistic system)
This is becoming general throughout the whole industry.