Andrew Gideon wrote:
Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

That would make 30,000 that have shown an interest in piloting. How well
are they served?

Beyond which, anyone that would be willing to pay to be flown via private
charter is forced to use the further, busier, and more congested airports.
How many dollars is that costing that city, as business executives etc.
choose to spend their money in more friendly towns?

Remember: to these people time is money. They may not care about Chicago's
vandalism, but they do care that Chicago is willing to cost them time. So
elsewhere they go.

And, of course, the dollars they're not spending in Chicago are also not
being spent again by the people in Chicago not receiving them. But that's
a multiplier, and the OP has already explained that this is too complex a
concept (ie. Econ 101) to follow.

Well, some creatures will be flying on NI:

"The Chicago Park District agreed this month to convert part of the old
airport terminal at Meigs Field into the city's first wildlife
rehabilitation center. Located within earshot of the new Charter One
Pavilion on Northerly Island, the facility will provide emergency care
to hundreds of birds found injured in the Loop. Organizers hope to open
the facility by the end of July or early August.

The plan is in the early stages, and the location is likely temporary
as Park District officials craft the 78-acre peninsula into a multisite
nature preserve."


- Andrew