Today could have been much worse.
Dow down a little shy of 600.
It's not just the airlines hurting.
Amtrak lost so much ridership, they've cut back service between Boston/New York/DC and NY-Albany drastically. Cut out Philly-Harrisburg- Pittsburgh service altogether. Other places in the country as well.
Rather than furlough all the regular job holders, they worked out an agreement with the unions to put everyone onto the "extra boards" (work on call), and thus protect their guarantees (5 days' pay so long as you stay "marked up" and take every call).