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    From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to All on Thu Oct 9 06:49:31 2025
    I watched a YouTube video about a 40 minute flight from Parkersburg to
    Beckley, WV. The flights then go on to Charlotte. It's a flight
    subsidized by the government for rural access. Beckley's airport gets 2
    flights a day and maybe gets a passenger a day.

    What bugged me was that the flight is limited due to subsidy rules to 30 passengers. They took the back half of the seats out. Why not take out
    every other row, preserve the look of the interior and give people some
    space (albeit for less than an hour) instead of cramming them all at the
    front?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WZGH0Tlmms



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  • From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to Kurt Weiske on Thu Oct 9 22:21:44 2025

    Hello Kurt!

    09 Oct 25 06:49, you wrote to all:

    I watched a YouTube video about a 40 minute flight from Parkersburg to Beckley, WV. The flights then go on to Charlotte. It's a flight
    subsidized by the government for rural access. Beckley's airport gets
    2 flights a day and maybe gets a passenger a day.

    What bugged me was that the flight is limited due to subsidy rules to
    30 passengers. They took the back half of the seats out. Why not take
    out every other row, preserve the look of the interior and give people
    some space (albeit for less than an hour) instead of cramming them all
    at the front?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WZGH0Tlmms

    W & B.



    Vincent


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