As airlines slashed flights and furloughs
appeared inevitable in the early days of the
coronavirus pandemic, Mike Catania sensed
there would be little need for a service that
helped airline crews find short-term housing.
So, Catania and his fellow owners shut down
Padloop in early March, even though the nearly
year-old company had just broken even.
Catania started looking at how life was changing
amid the pandemic and came up with the idea
for his next business: Locaris, a website to help