[Mpls] Airport Redux: Shrinking Airline Industry

[Gary Hoover]

Well, I sure can agree with Allen G.  -- and the Mayor, too -- about this!

Allen G. scribed, in part:
>>>>>
What I'm concerned is that at the very time the state says it needs to 
cut LGA money to MPLS, it's willing to put at risk 3/4 of billion 
dollars to help NES try to preserve it's old school fortress hub.
<<<<<

I wonder what Mayoral candidate McLaughlin's take on this issue is?   How about other local political leaders?

Can we develop a strong, clear voice in the process to avoid a waste of our tax dollars in more airport expansion, which does seem to me to be mostly a subsidy for NWA?

I agree, too, that we need to look at the airlines operating model with regard to this: is it predicated on outdated assumptions?

It seems like there are plenty of questions and concerns about this issue.

-- pedaling from Kingfield through a relatively balmy Minneapolis today -- Gary Hoover