News and notes from around the interweb:
- The 747 supertanker is ceasing operations
- Chicago is in the process of selecting a slot machine partner for O’Hare and Midway airports (HT: Rene’s Points)
Reno Airport Slot Machines - President Biden headlines Amtrak’s 50th anniversary livestream Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Eastern (and no, before the pandemic they weren’t even close to profitable and Guest Rewards is shady as all get out).
- Brex raises $425 milion at a $7.4 billion valuation
- Qantas opposed government subsidies for airlines, until Virgin Australia was pushed into bankruptcy. Then they changed their tune. And no strings were attached to their state aid. (FT)
Global Supertanker will not be missed in the wildland world. Fact is the 747 wasn’t flexible enough to be a legit tool for 99% of fires. Plus costs were astronomical compared even to the DC-10 VLAT. And you could only base them at McClellan AFB in Cali, where other tankers could be spread to dozens of airfields in the west.