Lynn Allen wrote:
JohnH wrote:
Here’s the quote from their FB page :
“ Covid was really an indirect issue rather than a direct issue. Whether it's greed or simply the way business is now, we were hit with astronomical quotes for services like Trams, tents, grandstands, insurance, etc this year. This caught us off guard and would have meant much higher ticket prices and even then, no guarantees of us making any money. And that's the bottom line behind the decision, this is our largest fundraiser and given last year's financial impact, we could not afford to experience a loss this year.”
A very wise business decision...
Indeed.
I couldn't understand why anyone thought once the pandemic was 'over,' it would
immediately mean a re-set to 2019. There was a ripple effect that we're feeling right now (just look up the logistical apocalypse that is going on right now) and we're really nowhere near being 'done' with the pandemic even though countless people are wallowing in comical levels of denial in that regard.
I genuinely feel we're on the downhill side of this situation but it's being made worse than it has to be by almost criminal levels of willful ignorance. It doesn't help that we currently seem to have a world where nobody wants to work to do the service jobs needed to make anything like this happen.
Of course that means that the issues noted for this airshow are going to be with us for a while afterward.
I wish PoF (and the rest of us) bluer skies for 2022!