Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Free ?

A week ago I was informed of a "free" air show coming in August to our Local Youngstown airport. It made sense to me that though it was free, you needed to secure a ticket due to it being a small airport. Well I went to the site and thought why not. Maybe we will go . I even secured a couple tickets for family members, why not... it's free. Well upon printing my tickets, I find that this "free " show requires us to park in a lot and pay a $10 per person shuttle fee. Now come on. A school bus ( which they will be using for shuttle, holds at least forty adults. That is $400 per trip Somehow that seems less like a shuttle fee ( used to pay the bus driver, gas for the bus, etc.)Furthermore, there are no drop offs allowed. Unless you are a Department of Defense member, you must ride the bus and pay.So in reality, the show has a $10 per person fee. Not that $10 per person for an air show is a bad deal at all, but lets just call a spade a spade here.
Now anybody want to attend the $10 air show ?????????