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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 3:21 pm
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FlyerChrisK
 
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Originally Posted by ksweeney
I think you are right, with one exception at least in this case. The legacy carrier will discontinue service due to their perception of not being able to compete with a subsidized carrier. Everyone looses when all service goes away, and to top it off, we are paying $3 million to go from the current two carriers to no carriers. I believe that our community is running with scissors.
Poor decision making (on the part of the subsidy) is the local government's fault, not AA's. I can't blame them for accepting it, as presumably it's a no-lose outcome for them.
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