Tandemrotor - nothing.....absolutely nothing is in place to prop up airlines that want to fail. This is a period of economic involution, when even governments must spend lightly to survive.
Dudley - entrepreneur is the right word. The formula for UAL to survive is for everybod on salary to become one post-haste. If they can all work for about six months with no pay, then they might have a job after that. Otherwise, think toast.