I was a hair away from booking my next business trip on Independence Air out of Piedmont Triad International Airport, but I put it off until today because I wasn’t sure of my itinerary.  Today Independence announced that they are ceasing operations on January 5, 2006.  Sure, I’d have been able to get a refund, but what a pain that would have been.

So I’m flying United and it’s costing me about 50% more than it would have to fly Independence.  I would now like to officially nominate myself for the Piedmont Triad Discount Airline recruiting committee.  Unfortunately it doesn’t exist so perhaps I should just take the bull by the horns and start the darn thing myself.

Know anyone at JetBlue or SouthWest?  Personally I prefer JetBlue. Perhaps we could create an incentives package like we do for everyone else.

On another, slightly related note Ed Cone suggests that PTI offer free wi-fi.  I agree wholeheartedly.  How much can they possibly be making with their for-profit relationship with the company providing the service, and how many business travelers are they irking in the process of not making very much money? Dumb, dumb, dumb.