Airport subsidies
 

Would the ending of airport subsidies as described in this article have a major negative effect on the regionals?

Airport subsidies: Rural lifeline or money waster? - CNN.com

Yes very much. Looks like Republican Tom Petri is ram-rodding the program's cancellation

Ah republicans....

$15,126,000,000,000 in debt and increasing, ah Democrats...

Ah, **** --- Republicans and Democrats

Is this what we have been reduced to. "Who's to provide the grand design of what is yours and what is mine." Can you name the song and band?

A political discussion is not really what I had in mind. Its truly sickening how polirized these types of discussions are, and somewhat amusing to watch grown professional men and women point fingers at each other like little kids based on their political affiliation. In my opinion this attitude is what prevents those *******heads in Washington from getting anything useful done.

Back to the original topic, excuse my ignorance but are these subsidies paid directly to the regionals,? The article only mentions "delta connection".

If EAS dies, says Petri, that money will continue to be collected and could possibly go toward many other goals, including deficit reduction and speeding up implementation of NextGen -- the FAA's massive overhaul of the nation's air traffic system.


So, if we quit spending money on one thing, we'll find another way to spend it.