Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes

That's what just about EVERY program supporter says. When it comes to pork barrel spending, it doesn't get much saltier than EAS in places with roads and bigger hubs ~2hrs away. In Alaska at least we don't have roads and by air is the ONLY way to reach villages reliably. I could see some kind of EAS for HEMS service only in some places, but passenger planes? Get a charter, take a shuttle, or drive the 2hrs and stop having the taxpayer foot the bill. Sure, plenty of things in the budget need to be cut, in defense and social spending, but EAS in the lower 48 is pretty much a no-brainer.