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. - . . . , . . . . - , .". . ' '.• , . • . . . _ . . , . . , - . • . ..... ., .......„ ,_______,. . __ . . .. ... .. , . .._ . .. . . , ,.... . . .. .,.. . . _ .... ._ .. ., . • . . . . . . • . . , . . • . . • . . . — . . . aircraft-owning businesses, as compared to 11.5 percent for the non-oners w . . . . , -- an advantage of 19.1 percent. Nei income per employee is $3,472 for . . . -. . rcraft-owning companies and $2,131 for non-owning companies -- a difference • of 63 percent. . . . . . - ,. . . • • i . Interestingly also, the aircraft ownership rate rises within the 1 Fortune 1000: • . . Entire 1000 ' 50.2 percent companies with planes Top 500 . 65.9 percent companies with planes • , Top 100 94.0 percent companies with planes . , . . indicating perhaps that it is not only an ingredient, but a key ingredient for success with major corporations. . All these examples support the finding of a U.S. Department of Commerce survey.which polled 3,000 manufacturing firms to determine factors • , influencing industry location decisions. The availability of air service for 11 percent was considered critical, and for 17 percent, significant. An aggregate of 28 percent concluded that air service was a key to location. With corporate aircraft ownership and Atlanta's positicn in the southeast . , economf juxtaposed against these facts, the importance of maintaining and improving PAK is underscored. , . . . . . . . . • . • • . . • . • . , , . . , . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . , , . . . . . . • . . , . . . • . . . . . , . . . . -8- ...-01.•1411411l.1111.4.111 call LIZOCIATE$ arrr■ • ■