I flew Skybus from Newburgh-Columbus over the weekend, mainly due to B6 no longer serving CMH (I fly to Cincy biweekly but due to the PROHIIBITIVE fares into CVG (I'm looking at you, Delta) I often fly to CMH and drive the 100 or so miles.) I live in Westchester County so SWF is only maybe 10-15 minutes farther than JFK. First, flying out of SWF is an entirely pleasurable experience compared to LGA/JFK. $11 parking, no lines, and when you taxi out you're first in line for takeoff. The flight was fine, I had the row to myself and was actually a couple minutes early. The FA's are young and hungry but don't really push the selling too bad. Looked like about 1/2 the flight bought something. The return flight was a bit delayed (1/2 hour) but with the weather I found that to be reasonable. They didn't do a good job of informing of the delay on their website, however, and I rushed to CMH unnecessarily. Would I fly them again? Certainly, especially if they opened some new routes that were more desirable than just CMH (and GSO, for that matter).

I generally fly Jetblue if at all possible; Usair, Spirit, VX, United next; and avoid Delta/AA/Continental like the plague.