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Matthew Smith

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Expertise

CAN: Airport Security (NOT immigration).
Airport planning and design. Airport development.
Airline pricing/yield/revenue management (NOT prices for individual tickets)
grant process
PLEASE STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES TO FLY FROM A TO B!!!
PLEASE STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH PARTICULAR AIRLINES WILL CHARGE FOR YOUR BAGS!
That's why your airline has a website!

Experience in the area

Formerly Director of Operations at a small commercial airport.
Formerly worked for a state government issuing and managing airport development grants.
Formerly worked for TSA. (Not as bad as it appears to the average passenger.)
Formerly worked at an airport in planning and operations.
Also formerly worked as a Price Analyst for a wildly unpopular airline.
Currently teaching overseas until the job market improves.

Organizations

AAAE, AOPA, AzAA

Publications

Collegiate Aviation Review (2008)

Education/Credentials

B.A. English and Religious Studies, Hobart College M.S. Aviation Management Technology, Arizona State University --specialty is airport planning and design

What do you like about this subject?

Airports are their own mini-universe and total systems. To wrap one's mind around an airport and everything that it takes to develop one and make it operate smoothly is like doing puzzles all day.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

I want to learn everything. If anyone ever tells you that he "knows everything" about aviation, then he is ignorant, stupid, or just plain dishonest. NO ONE knows everything about Aviation, and no one ever will. It's too vast and complex of a field.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

Regulation. If there were ever an industry that needed a total overhaul it is Aviation. It is at once a total mess, but also totally fascinating.

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Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	P	Comments
Roberto	10/27/11	10	10	10
Sussie Bjerborg	05/20/11	10	10	10	Thank's for your answer, and I will .....
jay	11/10/10	10	10	10	Thanks a lot for your answer
peter	08/21/10	10	10	10
cynthia	02/26/10	10	10	10	thank you soo much, this helped calm .....

Recent Answers from Matthew Smith

2011-10-27 Best airline ticket fares:

Hi Roberto, Yes, it's true that Tuesdays are typically cheaper (not Mondays because it's a heavy business travel day). If you see the price fluctuating a few dollars a few times a day, that is the normal

2011-05-20 Accommodation hotel.:

No. If the airline had operational problems that cancelled the flight and left you stranded at the airport, most airlines would give you a hotel room. However, from what you have told me, you made this

2010-11-10 airfare:

Hi Jay, Pricing basically boils down to supply and demand, but the airline goes through great lengths to manipulate the supply and demand to ensure that planes are near-full and to maximize profits

2010-08-21 airline trip planning thru canada:

Any time you book a flight on a US carrier out of Canada, you will end up getting routed through the US because all of the US carriers hubs are in the US. The other reason is availability. I didn't know

2010-02-23 Emotional trauma underwent on a canceled flight:

No. You should be happy with the refund. Airlines are not liable for flights cancelled due to inclement weather. It says so in the contract of carriage that you agreed to when buying the ticket. Instead

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