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## Think.yo~···tor th_e dppo!Juflit), 

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## voice.regardi~~**this-~ritical ioc~l**  setVice·. 

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## gr~a~f~**app~etiated.** ·. · As Afogri?k lslinq (\yithin'the kod_iak archipelago)residents since 1964, otir family 

### &**busin~~s** have ex.periericed many ·air taxi services-fulfilling the 

### Ef\S**contract~** over the past 5 dec::ides so we h_ave a**knowledgeabl~** q-yerview.

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. - With_in tl}e last:decade, Ser-vi!nt Air- once -hf!d'tbe 

### EAS contract usiJ)g a

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### true, \Ve-\vere told th.at.passengers·_ha_9 priority, then mail,then-frejght 

## an9**th~)'** woujq not add

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### I the ·rl'ext schedl!led flight · · 'wh_ich, during the Faii!Winter/Spring months, was at least another full \veek o,r rriore, 

## as we_ather·permitted.

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## a flippant,**non~ser.vice** minded. attitude when asked_ if/wheri the remaining**goo~1l.cou!ci:** ·get to

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### ~cl).eduled flight. We

### consequ~ntlxleamed**th~it** .they wo.uld 'mily_ puttheir sol_e

### flo~tP-lane:inthe· . water for t11o$e designated· sche_duled**"mailplan~"** fljghts t_lie_n wouig ·imtne.d{atd:Y tak:e it-out.oftlle 

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· Also; slnce-.flo?tpl?ne**~:~_s;tge·wa~** nqt·their nptm,' if\ vas ·1l**Q.iir~-~o!les** il1a.degtiilte**:vper?tlo~.-** · 

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past, usi_ng.a peHavilland Beaver, b1.1nhey, nowhave-2 Beavers, with both u_su)ljy in the**\\'ate~&** fuf1.ctio'ning.**year~**

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### & cargo gef!era·lly make itall hr_:one-flight_ witb**~xtra·flights** being,?dd_ecl if 

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### have**~atried** b!lt**,Gonfidenc~:** As long_**as"ih~-Y ·"liv~**  &**.br~tJje", ~e**  

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### witho~t them ever again 

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### r~t.mtable :busin'ess Ca!l conrimi¢:t6 fur\¢tiOrl stnoothly,

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### . . ·. ·.· We do not. know how to state our·support for Jsla.nd-Air any

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