A Drop In The Ocean
Re: the cost of subsidies to Alitalia it's a drop in the ocean compared to the billions being pumped into banking to support a load of fat cat bankers on million pound bonuses. So far the British government has pumped £36 billion into Northern rock and another £50billion into the money markets into the last two days.
You could sort out the NHS, save every airline on the planet, put a man on Mars and probably cure famine in Africa for that kind of dosh and all we've got to show for it is a bunch of spivs in braces still in highly remunerative work!
Desk-pilot