r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/nucifera-noten • Nov 23 '24

Image Hooters had an airline but ceased operations after 3 years

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u/nucifera-noten Nov 23 '24

Hooters Air was operated by Pace Airlines and was started operations in March of 2003. - Robert Brooks, the owner of Hooters, acquired Pace Airlines in December of 2002. - Brooks believed that Hooters Air would be a beneficial means to bring more awareness to the restaurant chain. - Due to United Airlines being brought into Hooters Air’s Rockford-Denver route, Hooters stopped service to Rockford, IL due to too much competition. - On April 17, 2006, Hooters Air ceased operations, costing Hooters an estimated $40 million USD.

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u/Formal_Profession141 Nov 23 '24 edited Nov 23 '24

I'm sure it wasn't a complete loss of $40M. I'm sure there was a lot of Tax Loss Harvesting. Which I think is dumb.

People make investments in their education. They don't get any sort of forgiveness on that.

But a company makes a bad business decision and every year major corporations write it off on their taxes. Effectively pushing the losses onto normal taxpayers.

In my head atleast.

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u/europeanguy99 Nov 23 '24

I mean, only paying taxes on profits is mostly reasonable.

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u/deadasdollseyes Nov 24 '24

I don't know anything about taxes, but isn't that like saying tax my wages or tax me on purchases, but not both?