LA: Former BTR Director Candidate ‘Dumbfounded’ by Metro Council Actions

Aug. 28, 2018

The protracted and controversial search for a new director for the Baton Rouge Metro Airport left a bad impression on Derek Martin, who was one of two finalists for the job until accepting a position Aug. 16 to become executive director of the Erie Airport Authority.

Martin, who previously worked as an executive with the Wayne Co. Airport Authority and in management with the Port Authority of New York, says the way the Metro Council has dragged out the process and fought over finalists was among the reasons he accepted the position at the Pennsylvania airport, even though it is a smaller market than Baton Rouge.

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