At 12:06 PM 8/26/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Vision2020,
>
>I sent this letter to Horizon Airlines today regarding their recent decision.
>
>Tom
>
>August 26, 1997
>
>Dan Russo
>Horizon Airlines
>PO Box 48309
>Seattle, WA 98148
>
>VIA FAX: 206-248-6361
>
>Dear Mr Russo,
>
>I am writing in regard to the recent announcement by Horizon Airlines
>intention to cancel flights between Boise and Moscow/Pullman starting mid
>October. I have to be frank by saying that I was shocked and disturbed by
>this announcement. If this is a "trial balloon", it won't fly.
>
>Various staff and Board members of the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental
>Institute (PCEI) use this service between Moscow/Pullman and Boise to
>connect with the rest of the Idaho and nation. I don't feel it is
>appropriate for your company to make the decision to cut off a portion of
>Idaho from the world. The announced alternative of two flights per day in
>and out of Lewiston is not a sufficient replacement for four flights per
>day at Moscow.
>
>If this decision is final, it will have a definite impact on PCEI's
>decision to use Horizon and Northwest Airlines in our future travel plans.
>I have appreciated the service in the past; and given the price of your
>current tickets between Moscow and Boise, I am astonished that you are
>"losing money" on this connection.
>
>Please reconsider this decision immediately and reinstate you service to
>Moscow/Pullman.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>
>Thomas C. Lamar
>Executive Director
>
>cc: Pullman-Moscow Airport
> Northwest Airlines
> Southwest Airlines
> United Airlines
> Delta Airlines
> University of Idaho, President's Office
> Moscow Chamber of Commerce
> Link Transportation, Inc
> Palouse Travel, Inc
>
>Thomas C. Lamar, Executive Director
>
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>P O Box 8596; 112 West 4th St; Suite #1
>Moscow ID 83843-1096
>Phone (208)882-1444; Fax (208)882-8029
>url: http://www.moscow.com/pcei
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>Please Note our individual staff email addresses below:
>
>Thomas C. Lamar, Executive Director: lamar@pcei.org
>Kathleen Lester, Office Manager: lester@pcei.org
>Adam R. Thornbrough, Watersheds: thornbrough@pcei.org
>Colette DePhelps, Community Food Systems: dephelps@pcei.org
>Kathy Roos, Transportation Education: kroos@cyberhighway.net
>Jennifer Bell, Environmental Education: bell1719@uidaho.edu
>Amy Hill, Bookkeeper: hill9443@uidaho.edu
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