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To: LindyBill who wrote (606500)8/30/2016 11:21:55 AM
From: DMaA  Respond to of 793838
 
My son took Delta to Denver last week. Big long delay and traipsing between several planes because of hardware problems.

They asked him to take an on line survey. In the middle of filling out the survey the web site crashed.



To: LindyBill who wrote (606500)8/30/2016 11:27:30 AM
From: DMaA  Respond to of 793838
 
When we invested in the Hoover Dam

The left HATES dams. They think dam building was a North American tragedy. They won't allow any new ones and want all the old ones torn down.



To: LindyBill who wrote (606500)8/30/2016 12:07:16 PM
From: skinowski  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793838
 
So: Air travel is bad because there’s no competition, because there are too few airlines, because there are too few airports, because the feds and city governments make big construction projects nigh-on impossible. So how do we fix air travel? We have either got to start building airports far enough outside of metro areas that labor-environmentalism is a non-issue, or conservatives have to start winning mayorships.
I think Gelertner is correct - the root of the problem is the airports. I fly quite regularly, especially over the past 10 yars, and it's becoming worse. Overcrowded, overwhelmed airports is the number one reason that's pushing our air travel towards thirdworldism. And it seems the major airlines and leftist PC rulers are in collusion on this subject.



To: LindyBill who wrote (606500)8/30/2016 4:35:58 PM
From: Copeland  Respond to of 793838
 
I disagree somewhat. In some major areas, there seems to be some excess capacity for air travel. The problem is that these large regional airports are often at the edge of town and therefore not as convenient or more expensive to travel to than the big hub. The issues that the author touches on appear to be centered on expanding existing big airports in order to create more slots rather than building even more airports.