Jay Honeck wrote:

Sounds like this Subra woman is a nut job. Even though I'm glad King
Daley is going to be the target of her wrath, I don't want the good
name of General Aviation -- already challenged on so many fronts -- to
be associated with these environmental wackos in any way.

I don't know anything about Subra and the specifics of what she said,
but an airport apron is essentially the same as a gas station -- lots
of fuel spills, oil spills, etc -- and former gas station sites can be
very expensive to clean up and redevelop. We're also the last ones
still using leaded gas, and lead levels can be a bit high even off away
from the apron as a result.

I think it's fair to acknowledge that redeveloping an airport is going
to be an expensive job.


All the best,


David