Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...

It's one of those subdivisions with the houses and hangars facing a
private strip, props, no jets.


In other words, the fire station is there to serve the community.

The main HQ is 3 miles away with a FOUR bay station, plenty close by
modern
standards. This addition was built after one of the wrecks. Anyways,
most
residential areas can get by with VOLUNTEER FF's. The big money
corporate
crowd needs the pros for their edifaces. But thats another fish to fry.

No need for foam trucks in downtown,

Did they have foam trucks?

I assume so, H20 not as effective on avgas. Anyways, they were the
special
trucks you see on airport squads.

maybe an engine would respond to a museum call, thats about it.

In other words, they did not serve only Meigs.

Don't know, but being on a museum call keeps them in proximity to the
field
able to get back in about the same time it takes to put on the gear,
open
the doors and leave the station.
Anyways, the last fire in the area was McCormick place, in the 1960's.
And no museum has complained about service since Meigs closed.


Other stations serve the rest of downtown, and I doubt
airport regulations permit the trucks to leave.


You just said they could respond to a museum call. That would require them
to leave Meigs.

They could as in "there's no wall keeping them from leaving" don't know

about FAA regs.


And if there was a wreck and the trucks were away, many of YOU would
complain.


Not so. Firefighters need to leave the station to respond to calls, pilots
understand that.

Except when they wreck and it takes 30 minutes for MDW trucks to
respond.


Then join the common folk at MDW or ORD. Those SWA lineups aren't too bad.


That will require more time and expense. Perhaps I'll simply cease doing
business in Chicago. Are they charging enough for the concert tickets to
compensate for the lost revenue?

And the dollar volume and type of this "business" is?

Oh well, the construction crains are still swinging across LSD, the
condo
folk can sleep well and the building boom continues, Miss Ya!


By the way, what makes the pilots who use MDW or ORD common folk and those
that used CGX jet-setters?

The common folk are the non-pilot SWA'ers. If MDW gets too busy then...
maybe Romeoville or.. Peotone will be open. Have you heard or
video-conferencing?

JG