Originally Posted by
sweptback
The problem is, EAS has been perverted a bit. Western cities, sure. MCN is 1 hour on an interstate from the busiest airport in the world, yet it's EAS. That to me is crazy.
That's a good example of what I was trying to point out. Some cities...sure, they're a long way, 5+, hours from any airport. But if you're only an hour or so some airline service, take a car and drive. Works for me.
Don't forget it's not just the EAS program that our gov't is paying for. When an airport gets airline service, TSA and all the other programs must go to the airport. Now you have a $10 million government run airport so 50 people/wk can save a little bit of drive time.