[jazusamo]

It seems Murtha has gotten The Tribune-Democrat, who by the way is in the tank for him, and his local business cronies to circle the wagons to try to justify the over $200 million in pork for an all but useless airport.

The backup thing for the military in case something bad happens at Pittsburgh International is ludicrous.

[jazusamo]

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[Joiseydude]

When all other excuses fail, claim it’s for the military,

[jazusamo]

Welcome to the Airport for Nobody ABC video and story.

Remote Murtha airport lands big bucks from Washington CNN video.

[bmwcyle]

It is hard to clear the air when everything stinks so bad.

[org.whodat]

But calling it waste because commercial ridership has dipped misses the bigger picture, local airport and business leaders say. Economic development, job creation and military programs rely on the airport’s success.

Same old BS argument you hear about every hobby airport in this country. The private plane crowd are the biggest bunch of welfare queens around. Privatize them and let them make it on their own.

[pepsionice]

I hate to suggest it...but there are at least fifty airports in the US like the Johnstown airport. There are five airports in Alabama alone...that only function because of the various political games played and funding vehicles that keep the airports in full operation.

My hometown in the Shoals are switching their two flight a day deal (sponsored and paid for by the US government), from Memphis over to Atlanta. I’ve flown out of there around three times over fifteen years...with maybe half the seats filled out of a 20-pax plane.

Out of Huntsville...they run various flights which are never more than half full. They have a direct flight to DC each day...which typically has barely a third of the seats filled except Sunday evenings when its mostly full.

I think if you asked the Feds to explain how much money is paid out to small airports like this....it’d be up around $1 billion a year. This has been going on for years...sponsoring tiny airports which simply don’t have the population to support the airport.

[festusbanjo]

Typical democrat response. “we really have no use for the military except of course as a jobs generator and an excuse for more pork for our district”.

[savedbygrace]

Junkies panic when they run out of drugs, too.