Further, and more positive, on the DayJet story

Thanks to my friend Mary Grady of AVweb, an update -- and a somewhat brighter perspective -- about yesterday's news on layoffs at DayJet. The update, from AVweb's Russ Niles, here.

It includes, among a lot of other material, this point, very consistent with what I reported in my current Atlantic piece:

There is a business there. Iacobucci [Ed Iacobucci, CEO of DayJet] signed up 1,500 members, more than 500 actually flew and 50 flew more than 10 times. Whether it can survive fuel prices, the vagaries of the economy and the inevitable attack from the airlines if it gets too successful are questions that will be answered as the company progresses.

There is so much talent, of so many different forms, at the company that I give them the benefit of the doubt.