Jackson Jambalaya

Feel and his band of know-nothings are going to fix this problem when they steal the airport. That darn Jackson management caused this.

It would be so nice if the feeders would start flying point to point, remember point to point? Small jets low load requirements reasonable fares. Just need a little more experience in the cock-pit.

I know its a pipe dream but those of us that remember point to point or one stop no change have dreams too.

There's no pilot shortage. There's a shortage of pilots willing to work for minuscule wages.

The lowest paid commercial pilots can make as little as $27,000 a year.

I at one time flew through Cincy a lot and found myself in the commuter concourse to make connections. Now it is closed along with a lot of the entire Cincy airport. I digress, it always amazed me the youth of the commuter/regional pilots until I had a conversation with a flight attendant.

She made so little she was on food stamps and told me the pilots don't do much better. Then the other shoe dropped, she said be thankful these airplanes do a lot of thinking for the pilots.

Sure not all are unqualified but it is a little unnerving. Like someone above said no decent wages not pilots.

Point to point airline flights were a good thing - but terribly inefficient from a bottom-line profit basis. Of course that was the norm early in the industry, and thru the early 80's. But at that time, people also dressed up to fly - men wore coat and tie, etc. Frequent flyer programs were basically non-existent, and it was long before the FF programs started giving miles away for your purchases at the grocery store.

Airline business got more competitive and costs went up following the Jimmy Carter economy. Competition for business got much better to support the number of planes. The hub-and-spoke concept got started and everyone went to it quickly. In fact, Mississippi was in competition in the early 90's for a "Wayport" - a concept that was considered by finally discarded; an airport that was in-between centers, but wasn't a stopover. Mississippi delta and the midwest (Kansas) were possibilities, but the hub system took over and killed the idea.

Now - the spokes reach out to small markets with small planes. And the Jackson market is small, no matter what the Governor and Rankin Senators want to believe. SW flies point to point, but doesn't serve nearly as many cities as the Deltas, etal. The only 'airline' that would come into JAN at this point would be a commuter that serves Tupelo, Laurel, Bham, etc. Ain't no way at this point in the industry that a major carrier is going to come to JAN, especially with the market dominated by Delta.

gulfport-biloxi has a three person board--one from gulfport, one from biloxi, and one from the county.

why isn't there a board member from Jackson, Hancock, Stone, Pearl River or George counties? look at their service--they never had southwest so it must be mismanaged. take it over too!

tupelo has its own airport authority--take that over also

big government for all! a win for the 'republicans' of rankin county!

And they aren't opening new routes or buying new planes. The real reason SW pulled out. As hard as it is to believe there are more profitable routes for SW than anything from Jackson/Madison/Rankun to anywhere. Can't wait to see Farkin Harken fix that.

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