Viewpoints
Airporter Replacement Suggestion
By Shelley Stallings
December 30, 2006
Saturday AM
Now would be an ideal time for the airport and Alaska Airlines
to implement a baggage check-in on the Ketchikan side of Tongass
Narrows. At the same time build a small heated waiting terminal
with bathrooms for travelers. This would solve many issues and
make travel to and from the airport much more pleasant. The
baggage check-in area would also serve as the baggage claim area
for Ketchikan travelers. This could be done by this summer if
all parties would cooperate and make this a priority. I would
be willing to pay a parking fee to help fund this project. If
other airports around the country can have a red cap baggage
service outside the terminal, then we can do this here, it just
takes imagination and commitment to get it done.
Most of our local government officials were supportive of spending
hundreds of millions of dollars for a bridge to the airport,
how about the same support for a few hundred thousand dollars
to do this for Ketchikan travelers.
Shelley Stallings
Ketchikan, AK
Received December 29, 2006 - Published December 30, 2006
About: "24 year resident
of Ketchikan"
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You Airporter For Your Years of Service By Shannon Nelson
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