Comments on: LAWA Gets a Gold Star for Ditching Palmdale http://crankyflier.com/2008/11/10/lawa-gets-a-gold-star-for-ditching-palmdale/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: HatCat http://crankyflier.com/2008/11/10/lawa-gets-a-gold-star-for-ditching-palmdale/comment-page-1/#comment-67609 HatCat Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:45:13 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=1544#comment-67609 I worked for America West from '87 to late '94 and for most of that time was a Ground Ops Instructor, training ramp procedures. PMD was one of "my" cities and I was there at the start of service when HP started flying Dash-8's on a PMD-LAS route - early '90 if I recall right. Though there was a lot of fanfare at the start-up, after the introductory fares were gone the route struggled to get by, from what I was told, on the local subsidies to keep air service. After a couple of years HP pulled out though I think Skywest lasted a while longer. Still it was fun to be there and watch the SR-71's and F-106's flying. I worked for America West from ’87 to late ’94 and for most of that time was a Ground Ops Instructor, training ramp procedures. PMD was one of “my” cities and I was there at the start of service when HP started flying Dash-8′s on a PMD-LAS route – early ’90 if I recall right.

Though there was a lot of fanfare at the start-up, after the introductory fares were gone the route struggled to get by, from what I was told, on the local subsidies to keep air service. After a couple of years HP pulled out though I think Skywest lasted a while longer.

Still it was fun to be there and watch the SR-71′s and F-106′s flying.

]]> By: David SF east bay http://crankyflier.com/2008/11/10/lawa-gets-a-gold-star-for-ditching-palmdale/comment-page-1/#comment-67409 David SF east bay Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:07:14 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=1544#comment-67409 Wonder why the locals were not willing to make it work at Palmdale. Wonder why the locals were not willing to make it work at Palmdale.

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