Corey307 t1_j7rehaq wrote on February 8, 2023 at 9:40 PM

Reply to comment by explosivebuttfarts in What's going on with the F35s?! by WheezeThaJuice

Money. Federal dollars keep up the runways and provide fire and emergency medical services to the airport, the airport doesn’t do a lot of business these days so without the military base it would struggle. Airport navy does 2/3rds the passenger volume it used to pre rona and even then it was rarely all outside of 4-5 hours a day.

Careful_Square1742 t1_j7rh56s wrote on February 8, 2023 at 9:56 PM

you're 100% correct. without vtang and the f35s, I seriously doubt the city could afford to keep BTV open.

explosivebuttfarts t1_j7rfpit wrote on February 8, 2023 at 9:47 PM

Totally fair, it's just too* easy to separate that good and real benefit from: "wow, this loud and expensive murder machine is frustrating, and that money could help a lot of people in this community" even though there's other benefits and dollars coming in because of them.

Edit: a word*

Corey307 t1_j7rh2nc wrote on February 8, 2023 at 9:56 PM

Thing is those dollars would not go to the community, the F-35’s would go to another base bringing money and jobs to another community.