Name the Badger!
 

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fronti....html?x=0&.v=1

Nice job, MostlyAir!

I think the name should be Drake.

I looked up names that mean "badger" on the internet. Here is what I found.

Braxton ... Brock is an informal word for "badger"

Brock ... "Badger-like."

Brockhoist ... "Badger's den."

Brockley ... "Meadow of the badger."

Brockton ... "Badger settlement."

I submitted Brock because I had a childhood friend by that name and we had a lot of fun. ;)

I was at tonight's open house event, along with knope, RSVP and MostlyAir where the E190 with the badger tail was introduced.

Nice event. Jim Reichart, VP of sales, dsitribution and loyalty for the combined carrier, was the only speaker, and he addressed the couple hundred folks who attended. It was appropriate that he speak, considering most of those in attendance seemed to be either travel agents or with companies that have corporate travel contracts with Midwest/Frontier.

Reichart's comments largely echoed Bedford's comments from earlier this month when the Frontier brand was announced for the combined airline. He did indicate that cookies would be served on all Frontier flights by mid-summer, and that assigned seats will become standard on the existing F9 network.

He also emphasized the market share advantage (via more nonstop flights to more places than the competition in Milwaukee) and listed off this year's new cities as they rebuild the Milwaukee hub. He also said that cities like Pittsburgh and St. Louis would love to have a growing hub operation, but don't.

The E190 with the badger tail was in the hangar and shined up for all to see. This was an ex-US Airways bird, so the paint was fresh, but by looking at some of the engine components, you could tell it was not a brand new aircraft. In fact, I was told it still has a USAir interior. The goal is to have it redone in the F9 interior and put into revenue service within the next few days.

Details of the "name the badger" contest are posted at frontiermidwest.com. I think Jim Reichart's voice should be used in the commercials that feature the Badger. :D

At the end of the event, guests were given flower centerpieces from the tables, a tin canister of Midwest cookies (containing a $10-$50 voucher for future travel), and a "Flip" stuffed dolphin animal. Nice event. Simple, but well done. Definitely had a more casual feel than the brand announcement. Today felt a little bit more like the old Midwest events.

The others can weigh in with their observations.

Badger names
 

Badgers are mean, feral animals belonging to the weasel family. Hmmm, names that come to mind:

Tim the Badger

Toni the Badger

Jay the Badger

Hopefully, unlike their (YX) namesake they won't destroy the F9 ship with greed, insolence and obstreperous behaviors.

The news broadcasts tonight covered the unveiling of the Badger E190:

http://www.wisn.com/2010/0429/23310579_640X480.jpg

Each mentioned the contest and invited viewers to click the link on their website to enter.

I may have missed it, but have any rules and regulations come out, yet? I did see the legal language relating to ownership of the winning entry and related terms, but nothing about duplicate entries, etc. (usually states that the earliest entry takes precedent).

And, the most important question... :)

What does the successful entrant win?

It might be fun to have the three finalists provide a short bio for their badger, like the animal tales on the F9 site. They are very clever.

http://www.frontierairlines.com/fron...nimal-tales.do

Perhaps MostlyAir can give us an update on the reponse, so far.

It's actually doing pretty well, a little bit better than what I expected. You guys can probably guess what name is sitting in first, but of course won't be accepted.

Still waiting for Knope to submit a name.. :D

I submitted one the other day...Saturday or so...

Or are you looking for a better submission from me?

Actually I submitted two, one under my name and one under my SO's name. Are you guys good with more than one entry per person?

Sure go for it. Guess I should have done a little better at remembering yoru last name. :(

Well at least until they do a mascot plane ;)

I'm sure Bucky can be on hand when Frontier announces the winning name. For hire that is. LOL

Not a bad submission Knope. Its up there toward the top, with all the other variations. :D

The system limits entries to one per email address, so you are good.

Come on....don't let the secret out. That's top notch confidential information. ;)