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St1834 t1_j1q66i7 wrote

Reply to comment by androbot in Sometimes it pays to sit on the right side of the plane into National by mister_meeseeeks

This is a rare example of the person something is named after actually having a lot to do with its existence. It's not like Dulles, who had nothing to do with the airport. Reagan actually got the airport transferred to local control, which cleared the way for the renovations in the 90s that added Terminal 2

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hoos30 t1_j1r4ugw wrote

Interesting that the locality didn't want to change the name and was forced into by Congress...

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St1834 t1_j1r66c4 wrote

The federal government still maintains oversight of the MWAA and holds the title, so the federal government is the only party that can change the name.

What you're referring to is the fact that the localities didn't want to pay for all of the costs associated with the name change because it was passed as an unfunded mandate, and localities hate that.

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androbot t1_j1z4fgo wrote

TIL... thank you for the information! I still hate that guy, but it's good to know DCA isn't the same circle jerk that Florida was doing.

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