Please explain how Villaraigosa being liberal has anything to do with this idea. Matthew :) Quoting David R <damiross3@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Leave it to a liberal politician to think up something stupid like this! > Domestic flights are needed in order to get the passengers for the > international flights. LA is a big city but a lot of the international > passengers are only using LAX for connecting flights, not as a origin or > destination. > > You decrease short haul flights to LAX and more people will drive to LAX, > thus increasing road traffic. > > The key to LAX is to grow the airport, not reduce flights. Another option, > one that wasn't mentioned, is to have a high speed rail system from the > other airports such as PMD or ONT to LAX that does NOT stop in between. > However, the cost for this would probably be more than the cost of expanding > LAX. > > -----Original Message----- > > > Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday outlined his vision > for the region's air traffic system, calling for airlines to > concentrate international flights at LAX while shifting some new > domestic travel, particularly short-haul flights, to other airports. > --- End forwarded message --- >