re: New MSY in game thread

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Instead, our bureaucrats (NOT the airlines) chose a fourth alternative completely opposite of everything that made basically everything existing useless or obsolete.


People who continue to push this false narrative drive me crazy.

The airlines have a majority in interest (MII) clause that allows them to approve or reject any major capital project that could impact their rates and charges. Like a new parking deck, refreshed terminals, or yes, a brand new terimal. The airlines all signed off on the alternative that was ultimately selected.

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That's not a "false narrative."

There were 4 proposed options that could have met approval by the airlines. Our powers that be chose the ONE that was most costly; that would make existing infrastructure useless and/or much more inconvenient for everyone; and that would require costly and time consuming additional infrastructure at additional costs that was not even planned for once the construction commenced.

That's the truth. It was absolutely the worst possible option. I won't speculate on why this was chosen (others have, and there may be credence to those theories, but at this point it doesn't matter), but the fact remains that this was a terrible choice given what was in place and what could have easily been foreseen.