http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20080606/ap_tr_ge/travel_briefs_rural_airportsThe Regional Airline Association disagrees. Rural communities could keep their air service if the federal program was tweaked and given the funding it needs, said Faye Malarkey, a lobbyist for the association.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
The sad thing is that Ms. Malarkey has a point. Many of the places on the hit list are two hours or more from the next nearest airport. The airline industry's response?
"We were trying to grow Air Midwest through EAS," he said. But "the customer is more than willing to hit the road" and drive to a major airport, despite high gas prices. "That's what we were competing with.""The customer" is more than willing to drive to a major airport? What if "the customer" doesn't drive?! :grr: