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facebook.com/usaaircraftportra ying th e acc ount ing wo rld as a
“ba h, humb ug” en vironmen t. I immedi-
atel y apol ogi ze t o all thos e d edi cated
busine ss p rof essio nal s who wear lamp-
shad es a t the Chris tmas party and d o
“but t shot s” on the o ffice p hoto cop ier.
But as a p ubl isher t hat t al ks with a lo t of
civic ai rp ort m an agers every y ear with
thoug ht s about air port promo tio ns (did
you know In Fl igh t USAoffers free col-
umn spac e f or ai rp ort news ), it i s s om e-
time s di sc our agin g to s ee the l ack in teres t
man y bur eau cr ats have in trul y s upp ort -
ing the ir comm uni ty ai rpo rt.
I am su re th is hit s a fam iliar note
with ma ny r eader s, but are y ou d oin g
anyt hing about i t? Do you h ave a lo cal
pilot’ s a ssociat io n? Have you formed an
airp ort “ bo oster club ” o f any k in d? Hav e
you give n y our air port manag ement a
copy of In Fl ight U SAand sugg est ed they
call us for fr ee pr omo tio nal s pace? Or, d o
yo u, the reader, j ust sit a rou nd a nd
“ad mire th e p rob lem. ” How abou t y ou
cont ac ti ng u s, and toget her we can “han d
prop ” a few sol uti ons t ogether.
Ok ay , w e have t al ked about s mall
communi ty air por ts, but what abou t GA
airp ort s in l arg e cit ies, t he o nes th at are
almost al way s und er si eg e b y milit an t
anti- avi ati on gr oups. This is where the
rea l pol it ics steps in, co upl ed with b ig
mone y, l an d developers, and ou trig ht co r-
rupt ion. Sant a Ynez i s p erhap s on e o f t he
best e xa mp les of excell en t cou nt y ai rp ort
ma nage me nt. But there is anothe r
“Sa nta” ai rpor t, Santa Monica,
Cal iforni a, th at is an exam ple o f what can
happ en w hen appar ent political co rru p-
tion, p ow er p oli tic s, land devel op ment ,
incre ase d t ax opport uni ties and sel f-in ter -
est en te r t he pi ctu re. Whereas small co m-
muni ties of ten l ack t he resources to p rop -
erly sup por t their ai rpo rt s, lar ge cities s ee
long stand ing air por ts as land th at can b e
turn ed i nt o cond os or commercial devel -
opme nt s, r esult ing in an i ncreas ed tax
ba se for mor e cit y spending, plu s a few
buck s i nt o t he po li ti cal h opers. El ected
offic ia ls t hat shoul d be t hin kin g o f th e
commu ni ty as a whol e, beco me fo cu sed
on se cur in g m or e pub lic money to s pen d
and/ or l ini ng t hei r own pockets. Y es, th is
is wh y th is e di tor ial com es with an opin -
io n dis cla ime r. W hile th e anti -a ir por t
fo rce s i n S ant a Mo nica cla imed sa fet y
an d no is e as th e pr imary reas on for clos -
ing th eir his to ri c a ir po rt, the re al r ea sons
ha ve to do w it h bi lli on s of dolla rs worth
of h ig h- de nsit y con do dev elop ment a nd
bu sin ess st ruc tu re s.
Ma ny a cre s of eco fr iend ly ope n la nd
(rear in LA ) w ill be l ost. H ypoc riti cal ly,
the v ery c la ss o f pe op le t he ext rem e lef t
lea ni ng com muni ty of Sant a Moni ca
cla im s to abho r, t he elite r ich, ar e li kely to
be th e onl y w in ne rs i n t hi s la nd gr ab.
Sant a Moni ca Air port si mpl y bec ame
ca nno n f odde r in a war t o mak e mil lion -
air es in to bill io na ir es. Re gretta bl y, ma ny
air por ts r es id ing in large c ity a re as f ac e
simi la r si tua tion s, a s mun icip al air po rt
man agem ent ha s l itt le or no inte re st in
av ia tio n or wha t t he ir lo ca l a irpo rt brin gs
to the co mm uni ty.
Once ag ain, it is up to th e loca l us ers
of an ai rpo rt to for m up and tak e ag gr es -
sive ac tion , m ea nin g bo th p ilo ts a nd
FBO’ s. I t i s u p t o t he a viatio n com munity
to ask pol itic ia ns r un ning fo r o ffice q ues -
tion s abo ut t hei r v iew s r eg ar din g local air-
por t iss ue s, and proact ivel y campaign
ag ai ns t those o pp osed to av iatio n. In Flig ht
US Ast an ds r ead y to he lp pr o-a ir port
for ce s wi th f ree PR an d d isco unted a d
ra tes. We in vite pilo ts , FBO’s , flig ht
sc hoo ls a nd o the r aviatio n in ter es t to con -
tac ts u s f or h el p. We als o in vite co mmuni-
ty ai rpor t m anag er s, so me of wh om may
not li ke t he opi nio ns exp ress ed in this ed i-
tor ial , t o co nt act u s. A lot o f co mmunities
ar e do ing an ex ce ll en t jo b runnin g th eir
ai rpo rts, an d th e In Fligh t US Ateam wan ts
to hear and p ubl ish y our sto ry.
So t he re, f rom re min isci ng to ra nt,
bu t le t’s ta ke it down a note. Ba ck to
Sa nt a Yne z a nd So lvan g. L et’s s ee, f rom
LA it wa s a n easy flig ht o f ju st a bout an
ho ur i n t he t yp ic al C -172 type bir d. N ow,
fr om Ok la ho ma ... in a Ze nith 601A ...
so uth ern ro ut e .... vi si t m y so n in the V an
Nu ys ar ea ... t wo d ay s s houl d d o i t. Then
it is o n t o S ol va ng for a br eak fas t o f
aeble sk iv er s ( Gogg le i t!). B el ieve me ,
add a f ew aeble sk iv ers t o you r C hr istma s
mor ning a nd the “ Merry ” par t w ill ta ke
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