Jay Honeck wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20050826/ts_csm/aruralbus

With Greyhound abandoning hundreds of rural towns, perhaps there is an
opening for an affordable air taxi service? What percentage of people
who ride the bus would rather use an air taxi, if it were reasonably
priced?

No. Perhaps something using passenger vans, though the regulatory costs
(safety inspections, insurance, driver hours) which would be
proportionally greater for the 8-seat van than a 50-seat bus, probably
conspire against it.

Is it even possible to create an "affordable" air taxi, with all the
FAA crap on the books? History would seem to prove otherwise.

Yes, it's called Southwest.

-cwk.