Don''t know if anyone has seen this yet, but it was on the front page of the Charlotte Observer Business Section. It is a Q&A Session with David Bronner.
Q. It cost me $803 to fly from Charlotte to Montgomery, and I flew on a turboprop that was slow and uncomfortable. Can you fix that?
We''re going to get rid of the prop jets. We''ll get regionals here. But there are high fares on Delta, too. I''m not sure it''s within our ability to do anything about it, without help from the other airlines. They take advantage of the markets they dominate.
That''s the framework we have to work within. I think we can do better. How much better, it will take some time to figure out.
Q. How can your participation in US Airways help Alabama?
Easy. Instead of that piece of junk you flew over here on, we''ll get a regional jet. We would have more flights if the demand is there, but that''s a supply-and-demand sort of thing. I don''t think Alabama has ever really been on US Airways'' radar screen because it''s too rural and it''s too small.
But at the same time, there are incidental things that are of benefit to the state and to US Airways as well. We''re working on a marketing deal right now. We can market my golf trail and US Airways to the trail. (Raycom Media) broadcasts to roughly 11 percent of the U.S. population, and we do $3 million worth of ads a month on that thing. We''ll start some ads with US Airways, saying fly to the golf trail.
Where does this guy come from?????? If what I''m flying is a piece of junk, then get on the ball and give me a shiny new RJ to fly. I''ll do your MGM round-trips alllllll day long!!
Q. It cost me $803 to fly from Charlotte to Montgomery, and I flew on a turboprop that was slow and uncomfortable. Can you fix that?
We''re going to get rid of the prop jets. We''ll get regionals here. But there are high fares on Delta, too. I''m not sure it''s within our ability to do anything about it, without help from the other airlines. They take advantage of the markets they dominate.
That''s the framework we have to work within. I think we can do better. How much better, it will take some time to figure out.
Q. How can your participation in US Airways help Alabama?
Easy. Instead of that piece of junk you flew over here on, we''ll get a regional jet. We would have more flights if the demand is there, but that''s a supply-and-demand sort of thing. I don''t think Alabama has ever really been on US Airways'' radar screen because it''s too rural and it''s too small.
But at the same time, there are incidental things that are of benefit to the state and to US Airways as well. We''re working on a marketing deal right now. We can market my golf trail and US Airways to the trail. (Raycom Media) broadcasts to roughly 11 percent of the U.S. population, and we do $3 million worth of ads a month on that thing. We''ll start some ads with US Airways, saying fly to the golf trail.
Where does this guy come from?????? If what I''m flying is a piece of junk, then get on the ball and give me a shiny new RJ to fly. I''ll do your MGM round-trips alllllll day long!!
