EWR Barack H Obama Airport

Curiousflyer · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:20 pm

Now that the New Jerseyans have found a replacement for their lamentable Governor and the State is part of the drive against imbecility and backwardness in America, isn’t it time to come up with a bold move and rename the airport with the name of the best president we have had in a long time ? The New York City area would be graced with its main two international airports being named JFK and EWR-BHO. It would show the world (and the useless clown currently seating at the White House) who leads, intellectually and economically.

LAXdude1023 · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:23 pm

While I agree with your politics, thats not a reason to name EWR after Obama.

Dutchy · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:25 pm

Oh boy, someone in Washington D.C. is going to have a heart attack if that ever happens during his Presidency. :rotfl:

blockski · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:26 pm

As a general rule, we shouldn't name things for people who are still living.

atcsundevil · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:26 pm

Since this thread will inevitably explode just like the last attempt at this thread in February, it'll be moved to Non Av.

✈️ atcsundevil

Dutchy · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:26 pm

sw733 wrote:
What possible connection does Obama have to New Jersey or NYC?

An honest question, why has JFK been named after John F. Kennedy, I have visited the Kennedy library - nice - which was located in Boston.

sw733 · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:27 pm

What possible connection does Obama have to New Jersey or NYC?

Dutchy · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:27 pm

blockski wrote:
As a general rule, we shouldn't name things for people who are still living.

rta · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:29 pm

sw733 wrote:
What possible connection does Obama have to New Jersey or NYC?

Being president of the country of which the aforementioned areas are a part of?

Curiousflyer · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:29 pm

What connection did JFK have to NYC? He is from Massachusetts. And the Houston airport bears the name of a living ex-president already. I also believe Reagan was still alive when the Washington airport got his name.

Finally I thinks this thread is more relevant now than in February given the incumbent governor.

atcsundevil · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:31 pm

sw733 wrote:
What possible connection does Obama have to New Jersey or NYC?

Other than he won New York and New Jersey? Pretty much none. Politics aside, and only discussing from a logical standpoint, HNL and ORD/MDW would have been the only two airports that would have made sense. However, since the last time this discussion was hashed, HNL has already been named. I also don't see ORD or MDW being renamed. Therefore, because there aren't any logical connections elsewhere, I just don't see it happening. I suppose some random city/airport could do it, but without a personal connection to the region, it wouldn't really make sense, in my opinion. I could see a terminal at ORD or HNL being named after him, but that's probably it for the foreseeable future.

727LOVER · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:32 pm

Dutchy wrote:
sw733 wrote:
What possible connection does Obama have to New Jersey or NYC?

An honest question, why has JFK been named after John F. Kennedy, I have visited the Kennedy library - nice - which was located in Boston.

At the time, IDL was the premiere US gateway especially across the Atlantic. Think about....what other airports had TATL? Possibly IAD, but it was very minimal.

COEWR787 · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:32 pm

More legitimate would be changing the name of one of the Chicago area airports and name it after Obama I'd reckon.

I don't think the Jerseyites want to give up their connection with the Statue of Liberty

sw733 · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:33 pm

rta wrote:
sw733 wrote:
What possible connection does Obama have to New Jersey or NYC?

Being president of the country of which the aforementioned areas are a part of?

Seems more fitting to name ORD/MDW/HNL after him...

Dutchy · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:35 pm

727LOVER wrote:
Dutchy wrote:
sw733 wrote:
What possible connection does Obama have to New Jersey or NYC?

An honest question, why has JFK been named after John F. Kennedy, I have visited the Kennedy library - nice - which was located in Boston.

At the time, IDL was the premiere US gateway especially across the Atlantic. Think about....what other airports had TATL? Possibly IAD, but it was very minimal.

I understand but are you saying it was the most prestige airport so that's why it was renamed JFK to honor this beloved President.

evanb · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:41 pm

I don't think there was a personal link between Kennedy and the airport, but the airport was very quickly named for him after his death (less than a month). Generally there is some personal linkage between the name and the location, but in the case of Kennedy it was simply relevant to memorializing him after his tragic death. To some extent it was the exception rather than the rule.

For Obama, if an airport is to be named after him something with a personal linkage might be more appropriate. Honolulu, Chicago, Kansas maybe. He did live in New York for a short time when he was at Columbia, but that seems rather inconsequential in the big picture.

IPFreely · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:44 pm

If any airport is named after Obama it should be Santa Monica (SMO). The other suggestions either make no sense or simply won’t happen.

einsteinboricua · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:46 pm

blockski wrote:
As a general rule, we shouldn't name things for people who are still living.

Then Houston airport should revert to being called Houston Intercontinental Airport. And all those schools and avenues and buildings named after living presidents and congressmen should have their names stripped until they die.

Flighty · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:51 pm

You know that ISP will be Billy Joel Field. Newark may become Newark Ice-T Airport.

Slash787 · Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:57 pm

George Washington International Airport

vikkyvik · Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:01 pm

atcsundevil wrote:
Politics aside, and only discussing from a logical standpoint, HNL and ORD/MDW would have been the only two airports that would have made sense.

Or maybe NBO.... :duck:

IPFreely wrote:
If any airport is named after Obama it should be Santa Monica (SMO).

Why, because it's scheduled to close in 12 years?

maortega15 · Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:21 pm

Man, seahawk is going to have a field day with this one! :lol:

seahawk vs. Curiousflyer

What could go wrong?! :stirthepot:

evank516 · Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:30 pm

727LOVER wrote:
Dutchy wrote:
sw733 wrote:
What possible connection does Obama have to New Jersey or NYC?

An honest question, why has JFK been named after John F. Kennedy, I have visited the Kennedy library - nice - which was located in Boston.

At the time, IDL was the premiere US gateway especially across the Atlantic. Think about....what other airports had TATL? Possibly IAD, but it was very minimal.

Exactly. The biggest gateway to the United States was named after President Kennedy. Side note though: Jackie is from Long Island and split her time growing up between Manhattan and the Hamptons.

GalaxyFlyer · Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:32 pm

Name Meigs Field in Chicago after him. Both are monuments to the Chicago way of politics.

GF

IPFreely · Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:13 pm

vikkyvik wrote:
Why, because it's scheduled to close in 12 years?

In the meantime think of the signage that will read “if you like your airport you can keep your airport.”

eldiezonce · Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:20 pm

atcsundevil wrote:
sw733 wrote:
What possible connection does Obama have to New Jersey or NYC?

Other than he won New York and New Jersey? Pretty much none.

Wrong. He is a Columbia University Alumni, which is located in NYC. Lived there 1981-1985 off/on.

He, along w/ Bush 43, also bailed out Wall Street

atcsundevil · Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:28 pm

eldiezonce wrote:
He, along w/ Bush 43, also bailed out Wall Street

That's relevant. I guess we better name all NYC airports after them :roll:

eldiezonce · Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:30 pm

atcsundevil wrote:
eldiezonce wrote:
He, along w/ Bush 43, also bailed out Wall Street

That's relevant. I guess we better name all NYC airports after them

sure, why not

blockski · Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:39 pm

einsteinboricua wrote:
blockski wrote:
As a general rule, we shouldn't name things for people who are still living.

Then Houston airport should revert to being called Houston Intercontinental Airport. And all those schools and avenues and buildings named after living presidents and congressmen should have their names stripped until they die.

Like I said, as a general rule, that would be preferable to naming things for people before they die. This is clearly not a rule that's been observed, but it should be. We'd all be better off if it were observed.

Ideally, there would be some waiting period before memorializing them, too.

jetsetter629 · Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:54 pm

blockski wrote:
As a general rule, we shouldn't name things for people who are still living.

And don't forget about Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock...

United787 · Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:12 pm

Dutchy wrote:
Oh boy, someone in Washington D.C. is going to have a heart attack if that ever happens during his Presidency.

That is all the reason I need!

HNL makes the most sense but that was just named after a former Senator.
MDW was named after the Battle of Midway, can't see anyone touching that with a 10' pole.
ORD was named after a WWII hero, Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare, again don't see anyone going near that. Anything named after something related to the military seems to be sacred in this country.
GYY is named for anything yet...

AAvgeek744 · Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:31 pm

blockski wrote:
As a general rule, we shouldn't name things for people who are still living.

I agree. never for a living person. While I think it's relatively minor, Houston putting George H.W. Bush is a little embarrassing right now.

If any airport were to be named after Obama, seems like it would be in Chicago or Illinois.

AAvgeek744 · Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:36 pm

727LOVER wrote:
Dutchy wrote:
sw733 wrote:
What possible connection does Obama have to New Jersey or NYC?

An honest question, why has JFK been named after John F. Kennedy, I have visited the Kennedy library - nice - which was located in Boston.

At the time, IDL was the premiere US gateway especially across the Atlantic. Think about....what other airports had TATL? Possibly IAD, but it was very minimal.

This makes sense to me. The fact JFK was a popular president, and the first president assassinated in the age of airports, probably made it a sentimental decision for the first major US international airport to the world..

1337Delta764 · Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:49 pm

I find MDW more likely to be renamed after Obama than EWR. What ties does Obama really have to New Jersey? As for ORD, the O'Hare name is too iconic to be renamed.

cokepopper · Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:54 pm

EWR had a name change after 9/11
Let’s leave it at that!
Newark Liberty International Airport.

How are these threads even allowed?

BobPatterson · Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:16 pm

Perhaps you missed the notation that the thread was moved to Non-Av?

Curiousflyer · Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:45 pm

Barack Obama and Liberty go well together.

iamlucky13 · Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:00 am

Curiousflyer wrote:
Barack Obama and Liberty go well together.

If you want to argue that he was popular or that particular initiatives of his like the ACA were significant (I'll pass on debating the specific merits of that here), I get that, but not the liberty angle:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/waynecrews ... 354a811398

TWA772LR · Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:42 am

Flighty wrote:
You know that ISP will be Billy Joel Field. Newark may become Newark Ice-T Airport.

Does that mean we can rename LAX after Tupac?

1337Delta764 wrote:
I find MDW more likely to be renamed after Obama than EWR. What ties does Obama really have to New Jersey? As for ORD, the O'Hare name is too iconic to be renamed.

IMO O'Hare and Midway are just as synonymous with Chicago as JFK and LA Guardia are synonymous with NYC. I like Obama but I don't think renaming the airports in Chicago after him is a good move, not that renaming an airport would make any difference in the grand scheme of things.

ltbewr · Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:05 am

Newark is officially called Newark Liberty International Airport, the Liberty part added after 9/11/01. To me it should stay and not confused with a name of a politician that is controversial with many and has no real connection to aircraft, airlines or pilot.

Pyrex · Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:30 am

atcsundevil wrote:
Since this thread will inevitably explode just like the last attempt at this thread in February, it'll be moved to Non Av.

Considering the hateful rhetoric this thread started with, right off the gate, I would say you are way too late on that one...

seb146 · Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:35 am

vikkyvik wrote:
atcsundevil wrote:
Politics aside, and only discussing from a logical standpoint, HNL and ORD/MDW would have been the only two airports that would have made sense.

Or maybe NBO....

I was thinking the same thing. LOL

Seriously, maybe OGG or LIH? Newark Liberty should remain named that. If any airport were to be named after a president, it should be something significant to that administration. Since Obama was born in Hawaii, probably an airport there. Or MDW? ORD is already named after someone so that would be rude, IMO.

dmg626 · Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:55 am

Newarks a disaster, who would want their name attached to it ?

crownvic · Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:22 am

Curiousflyer wrote:
Now that the New Jerseyans have found a replacement for their lamentable Governor and the State is part of the drive against imbecility and backwardness in America, isn’t it time to come up with a bold move and rename the airport with the name of the best president we have had in a long time ? The New York City area would be graced with its main two international airports being named JFK and EWR-BHO. It would show the world (and the useless clown currently seating at the White House) who leads, intellectually and economically.

And why would we name any airport after the WORST President this country ever had?

salttee · Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:41 am

Nobody's suggested naming another airport Bush, Nixon or Trump that I know of.

And to be honest, those are the three most likely contenders for the "word president" title.

seb146 · Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:19 am

salttee wrote:
Nobody's suggested naming another airport Bush, Nixon or Trump that I know of.

And to be honest, those are the three most likely contenders for the "word president" title.

Have you been keeping up with the United States over the past year?

Bald1983 · Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:45 am

Curiousflyer wrote:
Now that the New Jerseyans have found a replacement for their lamentable Governor and the State is part of the drive against imbecility and backwardness in America, isn’t it time to come up with a bold move and rename the airport with the name of the best president we have had in a long time ? The New York City area would be graced with its main two international airports being named JFK and EWR-BHO. It would show the world (and the useless clown currently seating at the White House) who leads, intellectually and economically.

YOu are either a comedian, a fawning sycophant, or dumb. If you believe America is backward and imbecilic, leave.

seahawk · Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:15 am

A name only makes sense if the people in the region feel a connection to the person who´s name is used.

GGtai · Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:12 am

IPFreely wrote:
vikkyvik wrote:
Why, because it's scheduled to close in 12 years?

In the meantime think of the signage that will read “if you like your airport you can keep your airport.”

IPFreely · Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:03 pm

crownvic wrote:
And why would we name any airport after the WORST President this country ever had?

It happened once before....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_C ... al_Airport

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