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From: Pat Tubbs [pat@jptubbs.com] •^^''•'S^OlTrATlOfV 

Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 10:44 PM . ; 11 OFFRATIDMQ 

To: 'Joseph D. Gray' '-"•'^uulvO 

Cc: Devany, Dennis (OST); 'John Macaulay'; 'Albert Nicola'; 'Joh||;Wif?l!^;; 'C^uclj^Raiti' 

Subject: FW; Letters of support for Cape Air's EAS proposal " ' '' ^ ' ^ A lO- 39 

Hi Joe: 

Below is an abbreviated version of the comments ! submitted to US DOT during the original bid for this round of EAS 

service. I was invited to resubmit them for this rebidding round, and am pleased to do so, in support of the Town's 

decision to back Cape Air's proposal on 11.10.10. 

Thank you for the time and effort and thought that you and all of the Councilmen put into your decision about air service 

for our Town. I applaud your decision to support Cape Air at this juncture, and believe that working with them over time is 

the best way to achieve the kind of growth, development and profitability you want for the Massena Airport, particularly if 

an aggressive marketing effort is put into place. 

Pat 

Resubmitted on 11.11.10, with minor revisions 

To: Dennis DeVany 

From: Pat Tubbs, Massena, New York 

/ have been on the front lines of air service development in Massena NY since 2005, and spoke with you personally in 

2008 during the emergency rebid process for EAS sen/ice in Massena, Ogdensburg and Watertown. 

I have been through the wringer when it comes to air sen/ice here. I became involved by virtue of being the economic 

development consultant for Massena, when development of air service at Massena emerged as a key strategy for growing 

the community. 

My involvement has consisted of founding and co-chairing the St. Lawrence Valley Air Task Force, serving as the local 

coordinator for a US DOT Small Community Air Sen/ice Development Program grant to attract sustainable service for the 

Massena Airport, and most recently, writing a new SCASDP grant to market EAS service at Massena. In those roles, I 

ended up being the key point person to bring Watertown, Ogdensburg, and Massena together to transition from Mesa to 

Big Sky, worked extensively behind the scenes to manage the problems with Big Sky, worked throughout Christmas and 

New Year's to bring together the region to deal with the crisis situation when Big Sky shut down, spoke on behalf of air 

service in the region at a NYS DOT transportation summit, dealt directly with you to bring Cape Air to the region, assisted 

Cape Air in introducing itself and developing partnerships, and developed the strategies for promoting EAS service in 

Massena that were included in our most recent grant application. 

Like many regional and Massena advocates, I started out by wanting to get jet service at the Massena Airport - but 

learned the hard way that it was better to have good reliable service than a big plane; and just how hard it would be to get 

those big planes here until you could show that you had a market that would sustain them. 

Cape Air has been a strong, stabilizing factor which has renewed confidence in the Massena Airport and set it on a slow, 

but steady path to growth; they have also been a breath of fresh air in terms of dealing with a company from the "outside" 

that actually delivered on its promises to this region. They have a lot of "fans" in the region, as evidenced by the 

enplanement numbers they are getting, and I have had many people, who know of my involvement with air service, 

express dismay to me about the possibility of losing Cape Air's services. 

From my involvement in air service for 5 years, and in initiatives throughout NNY for 10 years, I firmly believe the 

Massena airport can be developed as a regional hub still, that over time, we can attract non-EAS service and larger 

planes. My professional and personal opinion is that continued EAS sen/ice by Cape Air, rather than jumping to a new 

carrier, is the best way to further those goals and to advance this community and the region as a whole. 
Thank you for considering this input as you make your decision on EAS service for Massena and NNY. Please let me 

know if you have any questions. 

Pat Tubbs 

JP Tubbs Company 

PO Box 253 

Massena, NY 13662 

T: 315-769-1982 

C: 315-250-9200 

F: 315-769-1982 (call to alert us to turn on the machine) 

E: pat@iptubbs.com