Obama’s 2013 budget plan includes higher air passenger fees
The 2013 budget plan proposed by the Obama administration calls for a rise in passenger security fees at airlines, with a goal of collecting as much as $25.5 billion in additional passenger fees over the next 10 years. Airlines have expressed disapproval at the proposed fee increase, citing possible job cuts. The budget request also proposes a bill that would boost transportation spending to $476 billion over six years as well as a $1 billion budget for hardware upgrades at the Federal Aviation Administration. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (2/13), USA TODAY/Today In The Sky blog (2/13), The Hill/Transportation blog
Category Archives: next generation
Next Generation Teaching Aids
As we started to teach Zach about insurance, we discovered that terms translate differently to his generation. That said, when we think of the term peril (a cause of loss (i.e. fire, lighting, theft, etc.)…Zach thinks of……….
I guess everyone needs comprehensive coverage!!!!
SkySmith….the Next Generation
“Insurance… The final frontier…
These are the voyages of the SkySmith Enterprise.
Its continuing mission:
To explore strange new risks…
To seek out new life; new civilizations…
To boldly go where no one has gone before!”
As many of you know, our roots run deep in insurance and before that, the real backbone of our civilization, family business. Our son, Zach, joined our agency in January 2011. He graduated from Iowa State with an Art degree and had gone back for a 2nd degree. Right after the January semester started, he hit a brick wall, figuratively speaking, and decided he was done with his college career….so he needed a job with us until he could find something he really wanted to do.
Sometime, in the Spring, he said, ”you know, it’s really not that bad working for you.” Duh, I thought and a lot of mental mumbling that I won’t share with you here.
Now that the leaves have fallen and snow is breathing down upon us, I think it is time to announce he is staying and has found his place in our agency. Actually, since the day he started, he has been exerting his influence and his personality. For this Generation, some of it is even good. Stay tuned for his art work and how we have updated our image and marketing at almost every level.
Would appreciate your thoughts and comments as you see the transformation unfold here……