What are they using the old United maintenance facility on the north side of the field for these days? Sometimes I drive by there on the way to the Speedway.
In other news... the Indy area has room for a hub and a corporate HQ.
I think that private aircraft maintenance companies are using it. AAR I think might be one. The building of the facility was the reason my family moved to Indy. When 9/11 poo-poo'd that, My pop taught Aviation Mechanics for a while, and then got an offer he could pass up in San Fran. He says United would like to someday come back when the time is right. Can you image how different a city Indy would've been if we had gotten that hub?
In other news... the Indy area has room for a hub and a corporate HQ.
I think that private aircraft maintenance companies are using it. AAR I think might be one. The building of the facility was the reason my family moved to Indy. When 9/11 poo-poo'd that, My pop taught Aviation Mechanics for a while, and then got an offer he could pass up in San Fran. He says United would like to someday come back when the time is right. Can you image how different a city Indy would've been if we had gotten that hub?
Indy doesn't have anywhere near enough Georgia Tech grads to make that happen
Heard on WIBC this morning that the Governor of Georgia warned Delta Airlines that ism they didn't reinstate the NRA discount he would rescind Delta's tax breaks, MILLIONS.
I wonder what legal authority he has to make that determination.
I wonder what legal authority he has to make that determination.
Look people, I get that "we" want to "win." But doing non-legal things to achieve a win isn't really a good idea.
There are wrong ways to do the right thing.
Republic Airways Holding, parent of Republic Airlines, is headquartered at IND (largest domestic operator of EMB170 and EMB175 a/c). They had a heavy maintenance check operation there but are winding it down in favor of a "green card" facility they have established in Rome,NY
So when I get stranded again, the drive home will be much quicker.Oh no, turn Indy airport into the Atlanta airport...Please, no.
What is "non-legal" about the proposed action? We extend you discounts, or we don't (Airline). We extend you tax breaks, or we don't (Legislature). If you took away the artificial connection of unconnected topics in the interest of "getting things done," it's not clear to me how much of the political process would remain. What exactly about this offends your sense of propriety? Do you consider yourself aligned with the sort of muckety-mucks who work behind the scenes to land tax breaks for corporations? Does it keep you awake at night that these fine efforts might unravel for inopportune reasons, and that legislative bodies "bought" via such favors won't "stay bought?" Does this undermine the fabric of organized society, in your opinion?
Just trying to find out what is so offensive about it. To me, it just sounds like the usual establishment-Republican discomfort at the sight of "political business" being done in broad daylight where average people can see it.
The last sentence of my post is the key: there are wrong ways to do the right thing. If they want to take away the tax breaks, that's fine. But they should follow the law to do it, not some knee jerk emotional reaction.
Georgia Senate’s leaders vowed to block a lucrative tax break bill on Monday that would benefit Delta Air Lines ...That move forced Gov. Nathan Deal and other supporters of the $50 million jet fuel sales tax exemption to shift to the defensive, and prompted a growing number of Republicans to try to strip the provision out of a broader tax-cut bill that has already passed the state House.
They are following the law.
There is a proposal going through the legislature to give the airline a tax break. It has not yet passed the state's Senate.
The Lt. Gov presides over the state Senate and is using his position to threaten the tax cuts contained in the tax bill coming to the Senate.
Where's the break in rule of law?