Naming any airport after Reagan was a joke. I am no G.H.W. Bush fan, but he made his life in Houston (though from Mass.) and naming IAH after him is no big thing. He did not fire a whole generation of ATC and nearly create a crisis while doing it In a message dated 7/16/2004 8:39:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, David MR <damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >Yes. How much I thought Reagan was a great president, I was 100% against >naming an airport after him while he was alive. > >Up until the past few years, America had a tradition of naming stuff after >people as a memorial (i.e. after they died). In other countries, facilities >are quite often named after the ruler in charge (often royalty or a >dictator) because they are supposedly better than the common folks. > >If a private company wants to name something after someone living, I have no >problems with that. It's not the government. > >So, looking at the list below, SJC isn't the only place to name an airport >after an incompetent politician - ERI did it too. >David R >aviation books: >http://home.comcast.net/~damiross/books.html - >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Matthew Sheren" <matthew.sheren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 15:28 >Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Check this out on FrontPageMag.com! > > >: damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >: >: >BTW: It use to be that things weren't named after government officials >until after they were dead. Does the renaming of San Jose airport mean >Mineta died and just hasn't had the decency to quit his job? >: >David R >: > >: You mean like Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), Tom Ridge >: Field (ERI), Trent Lott International Airport (PQL), or George Bush >: Intercontinental Airport (IAH)? >: Matthew :) >