I was reading in this morning newspaper about the ongoing battle between the San Diego County Airport Authority and the military about exploring the joint use of military facilities for a new San Diego airport. It really amazes me that the military has said that this isn’t possible due to security and logistics, however, the airport authority is still spending lots of money exploring it. This is a complete waste of time and money as it is extremely unlikely that the military will change its mind or that a base will close any time in the near future (the local bases survived the last round of base closures). Why can’t the airport authority understand that no means no?
The members of the airport authority are all appointed and those that favor continued exploration of military installations should not only be fired, but also forced to pay for the studies conducted about joint use of military bases after the military said no (which the military has done a number of times already).
Personally, I like the size of the airport. In addition, another article in the paper showed a decrease in population in San Diego; granted it was pretty minor, but it shows that the grow of population has not only slowed, but reversed. Do we really need a larger airport? I’ve been to a number of airports in the country and San Diego’s Lindbergh field is one of the easiest airports to navigate and use. I hope it stays that way.