Bonner has $240,000,000 invested in US Airways .... he has another $200,000,000 invested in it's new headquarters in Mobile! Here are some clips I put togeter .... what do you think. I say everything ends up in Mobile....
RSA's investment has paid dividends in Alabama, Bronner said. US Airways sent about a dozen of its Airbus jets to Mobile's Brookley Field for $10 million worth of heavy maintenance work at ST Mobile Aerospace Engineering Inc.
"Just think about the number of services and products that a company of this size buys in an average year. It's huge," he said. "There's tons of things that, if we can just stabilize it and get it into the black, we can introduce Alabama companies to and say, 'OK, you're gonna have to bid for it, but if you can give us a comparable product at a comparable price, then you'll get a shot,'" he said.
Bronner openly expressed a desire to move airline operations, including call centers and other back-office work, to Alabama and suggested that US Airways or one of its regional offices would make a fine anchor tenant in his RSA Tower now under construction in downtown Mobile.
There's also a chance he could sway Bombardier Inc., a Montreal-based aircraft manufacturer, into building airplanes in Alabama. The world's third-largest maker of civil aircraft counts US Airways as its biggest customer and recently announced that it was evaluating global sites for a new assembly plant.
"When you own a major airline in this country, people answer your phone calls," Bronner said. "It's opened doors that never would have existed for us otherwise, and it absolutely has made us a lot of new friends around the world."
RSA in the last few years has increased its holdings in Mobile, and the city in turn has invested in RSA.
The retirement system's largest project is the RSA Tower, set to be the Alabama's tallest building, which is under construction one block north of the parking deck. The Battle House Hotel, being renovated by RSA, will connect to the office building.
AREH is building the cruise ship terminal at Mobile Landing. Carnival Cruise Lines is set to begin cruises from there in October.
At a council meeting last week, when the (RSA TOWER) parking deck lease first appeared on the agenda, one resident asked if Mobile should change its name to "Bronnerville."
"We have a very strong partner in RSA and AREH," Mr. Dow said Friday. "They are us; they are not them, OK. And that strong partner has got over $200 million invested in two hotels, an office tower and cruise ship dock. ... And we're going to quibble over a parking deck?"
RSA's investment has paid dividends in Alabama, Bronner said. US Airways sent about a dozen of its Airbus jets to Mobile's Brookley Field for $10 million worth of heavy maintenance work at ST Mobile Aerospace Engineering Inc.
"Just think about the number of services and products that a company of this size buys in an average year. It's huge," he said. "There's tons of things that, if we can just stabilize it and get it into the black, we can introduce Alabama companies to and say, 'OK, you're gonna have to bid for it, but if you can give us a comparable product at a comparable price, then you'll get a shot,'" he said.
Bronner openly expressed a desire to move airline operations, including call centers and other back-office work, to Alabama and suggested that US Airways or one of its regional offices would make a fine anchor tenant in his RSA Tower now under construction in downtown Mobile.
There's also a chance he could sway Bombardier Inc., a Montreal-based aircraft manufacturer, into building airplanes in Alabama. The world's third-largest maker of civil aircraft counts US Airways as its biggest customer and recently announced that it was evaluating global sites for a new assembly plant.
"When you own a major airline in this country, people answer your phone calls," Bronner said. "It's opened doors that never would have existed for us otherwise, and it absolutely has made us a lot of new friends around the world."
RSA in the last few years has increased its holdings in Mobile, and the city in turn has invested in RSA.
The retirement system's largest project is the RSA Tower, set to be the Alabama's tallest building, which is under construction one block north of the parking deck. The Battle House Hotel, being renovated by RSA, will connect to the office building.
AREH is building the cruise ship terminal at Mobile Landing. Carnival Cruise Lines is set to begin cruises from there in October.
At a council meeting last week, when the (RSA TOWER) parking deck lease first appeared on the agenda, one resident asked if Mobile should change its name to "Bronnerville."
"We have a very strong partner in RSA and AREH," Mr. Dow said Friday. "They are us; they are not them, OK. And that strong partner has got over $200 million invested in two hotels, an office tower and cruise ship dock. ... And we're going to quibble over a parking deck?"
