Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amd!decwrl!decvax!bob From: bob@decvax.UUCP (Robert Bismuth) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Airline Takeover? Message-ID: <75@decvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 22:20:01 EDT Article-I.D.: decvax.75 Posted: Wed Sep 19 22:20:01 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 07:31:57 EDT Organization: DEC UNIX Engineering Group Lines: 23 < ------ this line left intentionally blank ------ > I agree with Jeff Williams' sentiments regarding the ridiculous suggestions made by People's Express. I certainly will try never to fly with that carrier and will let them know the reason why. Too often 121 carriers think they own the sky - quite often to the extent of ignoring Part 91 right of way rules. One day some Captain is going to fly right through a 150 who had right of way, but as Richard Bach said in A Gift of Wings - the 150 will be said to be in the wrong because "... the light plane hadn't filed a flight plan." Already I have noted a desire to keep us small guys out of TCAs. The landing fee for Boston used to be only $5. Last month it went up to $15 and next month they're putting it up to $25. Next they'll do what the UK airport authority for London Heathrow does - $75 per passenger and crew member!! If god or whoever had meant us to only fly the airlines, he or she would have cut our legs off to fit the seats in steerage class and given us plastic teeth to eat the food with. --- bob (decvax!bob)