Air Force One is not an aircraft, it is a flight designator code. I’m guessing that the aircraft flying under that code get somewhat better maintenance than Bahamasair or Southern Air.
You suppose the U.S. president’s aircraft has broken seats and missing seat belt buckles? Or cockroach traps in the aisles? Or that the pilots are flying by an iPad clipped to the control panel?
Hahaha ... as if we were worried that any Bahamian airlines were flying new planes. Southern Air’s planes were hand built by Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Whether it’s wise or not, the people up south on Eleuthera are the staunchest defenders of the Disney plan, as are the FNM and PLP political leadership there ... like it or not, it’s one of the few issues they agree on.
Nobody is “giving away” any land. For 20 years, multiple Bahamian governments, whether PLP or FNM, could have bought this land for preservation as a national park. They didn’t. Facts are facts.
The cruise port area actually is not on the Atlantic beach side, it’s on the sound side. Look at a map. You can’t tie up a cruise liner and build a pier on the ocean side. I’m not defending Disney, but facts are facts.
I agree. This property was on the market for about 20 years, during which the government ignored it and no “eco-conscious” group stepped forward to buy it. Not until Disney entered the picture did all this outrage arise.
The Bahamas could have bought this land, and preserved it forever, for *far* less than was spent on a failing, tumble-down “resort” on Grand Bahama.
In short: Everybody should stop blaming Disney. The land could have been secured *long* before Disney stepped forward.
Clamshell says...
Air Force One is not an aircraft, it is a flight designator code. I’m guessing that the aircraft flying under that code get somewhat better maintenance than Bahamasair or Southern Air.
You suppose the U.S. president’s aircraft has broken seats and missing seat belt buckles? Or cockroach traps in the aisles? Or that the pilots are flying by an iPad clipped to the control panel?
On Bahamas has no Boeing 737 MAX planes
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Clamshell says...
Correct. With Bahamasair, “new” means a newer used plane that is being discarded by a more reliable airline.
On Bahamas has no Boeing 737 MAX planes
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Clamshell says...
Hahaha ... as if we were worried that any Bahamian airlines were flying new planes. Southern Air’s planes were hand built by Wilbur and Orville Wright.
On Bahamas has no Boeing 737 MAX planes
Posted 13 March 2019, 5:03 p.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
At the rate we’re going this week, everybody in the country will have suffered a gunshot wound by about the end of the year.
On Four taken to hospital with gunshot wounds
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Clamshell says...
My guess, Sheeprunner, is that in the end the rallied behind an entity that would act rather than just talk. Again, like it or not ...
On Disney’s go-ahead in ‘$400m’ project: Lighthouse Point plan allows land for national park
Posted 11 March 2019, 2:51 p.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
Tal, as you well know, the difference between asking price and selling price shrinks dramatically when somebody puts actual cash money on the table.
On Disney’s go-ahead in ‘$400m’ project: Lighthouse Point plan allows land for national park
Posted 11 March 2019, 2:38 p.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
Whether it’s wise or not, the people up south on Eleuthera are the staunchest defenders of the Disney plan, as are the FNM and PLP political leadership there ... like it or not, it’s one of the few issues they agree on.
On Disney’s go-ahead in ‘$400m’ project: Lighthouse Point plan allows land for national park
Posted 11 March 2019, 2:34 p.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
Nobody is “giving away” any land. For 20 years, multiple Bahamian governments, whether PLP or FNM, could have bought this land for preservation as a national park. They didn’t. Facts are facts.
On Disney’s go-ahead in ‘$400m’ project: Lighthouse Point plan allows land for national park
Posted 11 March 2019, 1:51 p.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
The cruise port area actually is not on the Atlantic beach side, it’s on the sound side. Look at a map. You can’t tie up a cruise liner and build a pier on the ocean side. I’m not defending Disney, but facts are facts.
On Disney’s go-ahead in ‘$400m’ project: Lighthouse Point plan allows land for national park
Posted 11 March 2019, 1:49 p.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
I agree. This property was on the market for about 20 years, during which the government ignored it and no “eco-conscious” group stepped forward to buy it. Not until Disney entered the picture did all this outrage arise.
The Bahamas could have bought this land, and preserved it forever, for *far* less than was spent on a failing, tumble-down “resort” on Grand Bahama.
In short: Everybody should stop blaming Disney. The land could have been secured *long* before Disney stepped forward.
On Disney’s go-ahead in ‘$400m’ project: Lighthouse Point plan allows land for national park
Posted 11 March 2019, 10:58 a.m. Suggest removal