FloridaLarry
Well-Known Member
jgheggie said, in part:
When I lived in central Kansas, I was 5 1/2 hours from DEN by car, a hour and ten minutes via (then) Great Lakes. Let's see: does home by ten-ish beat home by two-ish?
Whatever you may think of EAS as an unnecessary part of government ( I disagree fundamentally - Government exists to do those things that are necessary for society, AND that can't be done in some other fashion.), it can't effectively be killed. Sure, pruned where it is most egregious. But rural legislators like it, and since they stay in office longer, they accumulate more power with their seniority. EAS serves important portions of their constituencies, folks they don't want to p*&% off.With the regional airline industry starting to shrink, EAS and 135 airlines seem to be gaining traction. GLA has lost routes, but the demand for their particular industry service seems to be growing...
When I lived in central Kansas, I was 5 1/2 hours from DEN by car, a hour and ten minutes via (then) Great Lakes. Let's see: does home by ten-ish beat home by two-ish?