Well, I’ll Be Damned!

Oct. 11, 2017

By golly, people really do pay attention to local airport news!

Most of us—many of us?—muttered as we read about the City of Santa Monica’s desire to shorten the runway at the airport. Check your lastest e-mail from AOPA to get the latest good news.

A U.S. District Judge issued a two-week temporary restraining order to prevent the shortening of the runway before the case against the city could be heard. Surely sounds reasonable to me.

As mentioned, go to AOPA for more info.

Isn’t it great having the government on our side for a change? I love it!

Airports cost fortunes. Why tear them up? Remember when “Da Mayor” dug up Chicago’s Meigs Field in the dark of night? Sickening!

Every airport serves in some form. Let’s fight to keep them when feasible, reasonable and possible.

Runways of the future need to be longer, not shorter.

I hope the good judge’s action sets a precedent.

About the Author

Ralph Hood | Certified Speaking Professional

Ralph Hood is a Certified Speaking Professional who has addressed aviation groups throughout North America. A pilot since 1969, he's insured and sold airplanes at retail and distributor levels and taught aviation management for Southern Illinois University.

Ralph Hood is also an award-winning columnist (he writes for several publications), a salesman and sales manager (he sold airplanes, for crying out loud!), a teacher (he taught college-level aviation management) and a professional public speaker who has entertained and enlightened audiences from Hawaii to Spain, and from Fairbanks to Puerto Rico.

  • Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), National Speakers Association
  • Past member, National Ethics Committee, National Speakers Association
  • Past president of Alabama Speakers Association
  • Member, Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame
  • Past National Marketing Mentor, AOPA Project Pilot

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