Feds contact South Carolina airport officials in probe tied to ex-Port Authority Chairman David Sams

[George II]

Source: NorthJersey.com

February 11, 2015, 6:29 PM Last updated: Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 6:34 PM

By SHAWN BOBURG

staff writer | The Record

Federal investigators have contacted officials at an airport in Columbia, South Carolina, its executive director said Wednesday, as part of an investigation into whether a United Airlines flight route between Newark and Columbia was initiated to provide the former Port Authority chairman with a direct route to his weekend home.

Dan Mann, executive director of Columbia Metropolitan Airport, said in an interview that the twice-a-week flight between Newark and Columbia — bracketing weekends — was unusual for a large carrier like United. He also said he was surprised the route lasted as long as it did, 19 months, given the relatively low demand for it.

“It was not performing well, and it hadn’t performed well from the start,” Mann said.

Despite that, he said he had no reason to believe there was any ulterior motive behind the flight route until he read recent news stories about the federal investigation.

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Read more: http://www.northjersey.com/news/feds-contact-south-carolina-airport-officials-in-probe-tied-to-ex-port-authority-chairman-david-samson-1.1269309

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How long before Christie comes out and says "I never met or spoke to David Samson"?

How long before Christie gets caught up directly in these spreading scandals?

[Gothmog]

1. If Samson turns on him, christie is toast

This will be fun to watch

[Cha]

5. Hopefully, Samson's only choice is to save himself or christie.. seems like a guy who wouldn't want

to spend his last days in prison for Mr Sit Down And Shut UP.

[leftieNanner]

2. Why haven't any of these guys turned on Christie?

He is a thug, a crook, and a bully. But none of the bridgegate people would rat him out either, so far. No way David Samson will. But Chris Christie needs to be wearing orange.

[Hoppy]

3. Christie's response: "I never had sex with that man (Samson).

[Laxman]

4. Squeeze The Orange.....

'till all of the juice is gone!




This is going to be very interesting. This is clearly under federal jurisdiction, unlike many of the other crimes that may be state matters. Sampson knows where all of the bodies are buried. It's time to start the squeeze-if it hasn't already begun. Kelly & Wildstein have been very quiet, so has Baroni. I think the noose may be tightening.

This is a very interesting paragraph that shows just how "unusual" this arrangement was:

Joe Brancatelli, editor of a non-commercial business travel web site called joesentme.com, said the “accumulation of oddities” suggests the flight was not initiated purely for business reasons. He noted that United did little, if anything, to publicize the new route.

“There’s the schedule, the loads, the frequency, the fact that United never publicized this route and that they pulled it three days after Samson resigned,” he said. “It’s a combination of things that make this stand out.”

Just a coincidence that there was only one flight from Newark to Columbia, SC and and one flight from Columbia to Newark. Going south on a Thursday (when everybody in NJ wants to fly to Columbia) and back on Sunday night. Time for the General to start singing.