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Sole candidate for Baton Rouge airport director job drops out
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:00 pm
Cross-posted on poli board
BR Business Report
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The last remaining candidate for the long-vacant aviation director job at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport has withdrawn his name from consideration.
David “Austin” Futch, who was unanimously recommended for the position in June by a search committee, notified the consulting firm that had been helping in the search of his decision in an email Thursday.
Reached this morning by phone at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport—where he is director of the airport’s new privately owned and operated south terminal—Futch says he had hoped to lead the Baton Rouge airport and had “really great ideas for the facility and the community around it but it seemed there was some undue political influences involved and I don’t subscribe to that. My passion is aviation, not politics.”
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Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:02 pm to tss22h8
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:02 pm to tss22h8
He doesn't want to have to go to work in NBR everyday.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:02 pm to tss22h8
THis is great. Someone told the beurocrats to shove it
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:03 pm to tss22h8
quote:
David “Too White” Futch
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:03 pm to tss22h8
A grand total of 0 people are surprised by his reason for not wanting the job
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:04 pm to tss22h8
What a shite show
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:04 pm to tss22h8
Well, he was never leaving Austin for BR anyway.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:04 pm to tss22h8
Hey Sharon would you like to comment on this?
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:04 pm to terd ferguson
I don’t blame him. Dealing with that city council would give a Tylenol a headache.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:05 pm to kywildcatfanone
Some politicians relative will end up with the job...
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:06 pm to tss22h8
Should go to the interim director.
Edit: Now that all other candidates have dropped out. BR Gubmet is pathetic.
Edit: Now that all other candidates have dropped out. BR Gubmet is pathetic.
This post was edited on 9/28/18 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:07 pm to tss22h8
quote:
Though both Futch, who is white, and Martin, who is black, were highly ranked and warmly received by the search committee that vetted them, when the two came before the Metro Council in July for a vote, the selection process devolved into a racial battle between councilmembers, who divided along predictable racial lines.
Goddamn I love Business Report
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:12 pm to tss22h8
quote:
e at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport—where he is director of the airport’s new privately owned and operated south termina
He's lucky he doesn't have to deal with the airport commission board, who are worthless, and the city council.
The sad thing is the south terminal at Austin is a converted cargo terminal and is still a nicer facility than the btr terminal.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:14 pm to tss22h8
quote:
but it seemed there was some undue political influences involved and I don’t subscribe to that. My passion is aviation, not politics.”
As Lindsey Graham said,
quote:
Buddy, you came to wrong town at the wrong time.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:15 pm to tss22h8
This post was edited on 9/28/18 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:40 pm to tss22h8
Build St. George's airport right next to the zoo.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:42 pm to tss22h8
quote:I love it.
Futch says he had hoped to lead the Baton Rouge airport and had “really great ideas for the facility and the community around it but it seemed there was some undue political influences involved and I don’t subscribe to that. My passion is aviation, not politics.”
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:53 pm to tss22h8
Take a guess at who's district the airport is in
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:55 pm to tss22h8
Just what the city managers had hoped for. He cleared the way for an appointee that has no experience and all the back door connections.
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