Real Deal With Ron Sivak

Fasten your seat belts and put your trays in the upright position for this episode of the Real Deal. We explore the ups and downs of the Farnborough International Airshow which is frequently attended by a joint delegation that includes members of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, Baldwin County officials, and select city government representatives. Criticized in some circles over the past decade as an annual high-dollar overseas junket and pseudo-vacation spent on the taxpayer dime, we sat down with Troy Wayman, Vice-President of Economic Development for the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and George Talbot, Director of Communications for the City of Mobile, to find out what was accomplished from the latest excursion above and beyond what detractors cite as perfunctory hand-shaking. Regardless of debate, regional return on investment (ROI) has undeniably manifested so far with Airbus SAS establishing its first and only North American manufacturing beachhead within Mobile's very own historic Brookley Aeroplex. P