Are there misperceptions by the public regarding the airport and/or flight operations in general?
The biggest misperception is the dependency of our airlines. Granted, our airport is Chicago-dependent—half of our flights and half of our daily seats go to Chicago O’Hare—and O’Hare is statistically one of the most unreliable airports in the U.S. Our passengers think they will always have a problem with getting back to Peoria on the last flight of the night from O’Hare. I hear from our passengers that they are always cancelled coming home on the last flight of the night. In fact, statistically, the last flights arriving to Peoria from Chicago are the most reliable of all the flights. Those flights arrive 93 percent of the time (Year To Date). The other 7 percent YTD were due to winter storms. The same flights in 2006 arrived 93.7 percent of the time. What are your hobbies outside of work? I have several hobbies outside work. Aside from my passion and love of airplanes and aviation, I love working out in the gym, cooking Italian food, landscaping and spending time with my family.
