I saw a 717 parked a little ways away from the west terminal @ SDF today. I know, chances are that it was a charter or unscheduled landing. I was wondering if there was something else to it. I'd welcome Airtran service here!

it was probably just a divert.

Reported by airport source as to have been an FL MSP-ATL flight from earlier in the week that declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit...unable to locate FAA report.

We'd all welcome Airtran service at SDF...anything to drive Delta fares down and break the Southwest cattle car mentality and market share grip at SDF.

Yup.. just what the airlines need... lower fares... You must not be in the industry.

It was an emergency divert for smoke in the cabin.

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I'm sure you'd welcome DHL (the real thing, not the pseudo American company that's failing) into your airport as well. Anything to drive UPS prices down and break the duopoly...

Maybe you'd welcom KIA or Hyundai with tax breaks so they can put the Ford plant out of business, and do it with fewer than 3300 of those pesky "workers."

Maybe Lexmark can take their 5000 jobs overseas. Their printer consumables are ridiculously expensive. Anything to drive the prices down, right?

Maybe Humana can be bought out and those 6000 jobs outsourced. Lord knows that health care is ridiculously expensive. Anything to drive the prices down, right?

Maybe the "university" of Louisville can get caught up in another athletic scandal (where's the academic achievement there?). Fewer scholarships and high cost athletics might drive tuition prices down.

We'd all welcome that! Competition that specifically targets your business and employer base would be good for Louisville!

Nice flamebait first post on an airline pilot forum...