We need not kill ourselves yet
Despite the wild ramblings of people like County Commissioner Mike Dean, who at a public meeting Monday said repeatedly that the competition for the Air Force tanker was lost and should be abandoned, there are still some rabbits to be pulled from hats. In my latest column, I discuss what I think will happen concerning Brookley Field and Mobile’s opportunities to build “big jets.”
My contention is while the tanker may or may not be a lost cause, there is still a lot happening here and Brookley is certainly a desirable place for those who build those wonderful flying machines. In fact, as Airport Authority Director Bay Haas told me in another story, Brookley has now been selected four times to build large aircraft. True, nary a one has been built, but it at least means people think it’s a great place to TALK about building planes.