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bluedigger

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3. It's genius.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 02:48 AM

Mar 2013

Starting the FAA cuts as they are sends a shot straight across the bow to corporate America and the 1%. This will inconvenience the average air traveler very little, and recreational or sport flyers don't need tower facilities at these smaller airports other than for convenience anyways. It's the Gulfstream set that these boutique airports serve primarily.

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Hobbs and Santa Fe likely to lose airport towers [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2013 OP

wow! they did not say anything about this on local news broadcast tonight n/t chillfactor Mar 2013 #1

As our governor in Texas would say, TexasTowelie Mar 2013 #2

It's genius. bluedigger Mar 2013 #3

It also hits the red states and red counties a little bit harder. TexasTowelie Mar 2013 #4

That could be serendipity. bluedigger Mar 2013 #5

Hobbs won't lose theirs. Too many oil people use it to go back and forth to Houston NMDemDist2 Mar 2013 #6

Your words were marked and you were correct. TexasTowelie Mar 2013 #7

oil is booming here in the Permian Basin NMDemDist2 Mar 2013 #8