Ponce is a goner too. The government decided they only needed one EAS route out of there and decided it should go to JetBlue (to FLL) instead of an airline that just flies across the island (SJU).
I'm in favor of EAS sticking around since I'd probably be furloughed if it went away, but for many of the routes it makes ZERO sense financially. Why does the government pay a couple million bucks each for us to fly these Midwest routes? They are all less than a 2.5 hour drive, which is well known by us in the region because we do it often to commute out of this hellhole.
Personally, I'd like to see Cape Air expand with something a little more solid as the foundation for nearly half of its routes...but hey, who knows if we will even be around once the 402s become unflyable. Speaking of which, looks like new power settings have started to take their toll on cylinders. We replaced three jugs on two aircraft this week in STL. More to come in the name of fuel savings??