Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes

Well, in Nebraska and most of the places in the lower 48 that get EAS, there are friggin roads and highways. In fact, many of the places that get EAS are on major interstate routes around 2hrs or less than the bigger hubs. I know quite a few of the airports served by Great Lakes that fall into that situation (and even closer to the hub).

That's not the same as Alaska. There are no roads out there. Whether it's wrong or right for people to be living there, it's not the same IMO. Unfortunately many of these Alaskan villages are bloated past what can be supported "by the land" due to the EAS, so now it's an intangible situation where you'd have to rip people from their homes or let them die.

But in that same idea, the only thing that I'd consider subsidizing for all of these communities is EMS stuff Medicaid pays for lots of flights here in Alaska. There's lots of waste in that too, but thinking about down south where you actually have roads, to subsidize a regional airline flying into your town because you don't want to take an airport shuttle 2hrs to the hub (and bypass parking and walking) is beyond ridiculous. That is not a situation that is anywhere near as "out of your hands" as growing up and living in a village 700+ miles outside of the nearest road system.