Originally Posted by
The Juice
Look at it this way....
The government is paying airlines money to fly these routes. The government has and will always **** away a lot of money, it is nice some is getting thrown our way.
If they were not spending it on EAS routes it would be spent on something else, like the mating ritual of the north american moth.
Take the flights and jobs and be happy about it.
I'd personally like to see the NextGen system get fully operational. Cutting some EAS might provide a little money for that.