WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:06.280 It's Nightside with Dan Ray on Dobsy Boston's new radio. 2 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:10.119 Thank you, Nicole, I was asking myself that same question. 3 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:12.039 As a matter of fact, I'm a big sports fan. 4 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:14.720 But we're going to have more action tonight on Nightside. 5 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:18.399 Then there's going to be in Toronto or Cincinnati or 6 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:22.879 Jacksonville or wherever else they're playing some relatively meaningless games. 7 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:25.280 My name is Dan Ray. I'm the host of Nightside. 8 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:27.640 Rob Brooks is back in the control room. He is 9 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:32.799 this program's producer. We are about to begin year eighteen 10 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:36.679 one week from tonight, and we'll have a little bit 11 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:40.679 of a celebration, subdued celebration next Monday night, but this 12 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:44.320 will this week is our wrapping up year seventeen of 13 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:46.200 this program. So I want to thank all of you 14 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:48.359 who listen. I want to thank all of you who call, 15 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:51.320 and I especially want to thank the nurses at Mass 16 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:55.320 General Hospital. I'm told by a good source that I 17 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:58.479 have a lot of fans among the nursing staff at 18 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:02.280 Mass General Hospitals. To all of those nurses, you know 19 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.599 that I really respect doctors, but I love nurses and 20 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:08.319 I've always loved nurses. They are the ones who provide 21 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:13.680 the emotional support and the tender loving here that oftentimes 22 00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:15.799 some of us need when we find ourselves in a 23 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:19.239 little bit of a a little bit of a medical kerfuffle. 24 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:23.000 Now we'll get back to that later on tonight, maybe 25 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:25.799 later on this week, and certainly next week, but I 26 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:29.480 want to start off with a friend of a many 27 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:33.319 years who, frankly, I haven't talked to in way too long, 28 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:38.319 Rachel Kaprillion. Rachel Caprillion, former state representative and former Registrar 29 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:41.760 of Motor Vehicles here in the Commonwealth, was on the 30 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:44.920 show for a lot of reasons, and tonight she's back 31 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:48.120 because she has just accepted a position as the new 32 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:52.040 CEO of a great organization called Triangle. So, first of all, 33 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:55.200 congratulations to you, Rachel, in a new chapter in your career. 34 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:57.000 Thank you so much. 35 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:57.239 Dan. 36 00:01:57.319 --> 00:01:59.400 It's so good to be back on with Evan Robb 37 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.120 and it's great to hear you, you know, still doing this, 38 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:05.159 you know, great radio and eighteen years, I mean, had 39 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:06.319 that happen so fast? 40 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:09.960 Well, seventeen, we start eighteen, so it's not eighteen yet. 41 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:13.240 It starts eighteen next week, so we only really counted 42 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:15.719 as seventeen, you know, but. 43 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:19.120 Still, I mean, you know, great through. 44 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:22.560 That extra year and there, well you continuing to be 45 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:27.800 a wonderful asset to this commonwealth in so many different areas. 46 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:30.199 And I remember when we used to sit in studio. 47 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:33.240 Of course we don't do studio anymore. It's everything is remote. 48 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:37.439 Tell us about your new challenge Triangle. I'm familiar with 49 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:40.960 the organization, but some of our and our audience might 50 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:46.680 not be. Tell us what triangle, what community Triangle serves, 51 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:50.680 and what Triangle does to help so many people. 52 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:54.280 Sure, well, thank you firstly for having me on, and 53 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:56.120 it was that we have had a lot of fun 54 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:58.479 over the years, and I am very fortunate that I 55 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:02.639 have done. I've had so many interesting positions and roles 56 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:06.439 and been able to serve the public in so many ways. So, 57 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:09.400 going back to when I was like a young state legislator, 58 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:14.479 I had a real passion for how people who want 59 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:16.759 to know to work, how are they are connected with 60 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:19.560 a work opportunity and if there's sort of a through 61 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:21.960 line to like all my public life and even in 62 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:26.240 my stint in the corporate sector or working for McDonald's corporation, 63 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:29.960 it's how do you connect the right workers and skill 64 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:33.639 sets with things that are in demand and Triangle Inc. 65 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:37.639 Is a organization that has been around since nineteen seventy 66 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:41.280 one and was one of the early avant garde human 67 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:46.479 services organizations that showed the many ways that people with disabilities, 68 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:51.319 students and adults with disabilities can serve just in such 69 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:56.159 important ways in the workforce. They started small and trying 70 00:03:56.199 --> 00:04:02.960 sort of different part time opportunities retail and in the 71 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:07.199 culinary arts, but since then continue to expand and just 72 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:11.479 finding ways to support people in work and to see 73 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:15.120 them contribute and be included and really be a part 74 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:20.519 of life at every level work community and just being 75 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:24.079 able to contribute as we all want and need to 76 00:04:24.079 --> 00:04:25.439 do as as people. 77 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:29.439 Now. My understanding is that Triangle was founded by community 78 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:34.000 and business leaders in every mold in Metrid, three contiguous 79 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:39.720 communities very closely cropped north of Boston. Does Triangle only 80 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:42.600 serve those communities or is it has it expanded out 81 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:44.439 in recent years? 82 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:47.680 Oh yes, so we definitely are, you know, considered to 83 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:52.040 be a more regional organization. We go to sort of 84 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:55.399 where the good opportunities are. We're in Salem, We're in Danvers, 85 00:04:55.399 --> 00:05:01.959 We're in Saugus, we're in Randolph have opportunities and partnerships 86 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:05.120 in Boston, and it really is about, you know, sort 87 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:10.000 of where we can help employers get good workers and 88 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:14.199 help people with disabilities have robust and rich lives. And 89 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:19.279 that is certainly an unemployment opportunities, it's in community partnership opportunities, 90 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:23.920 it's housing, education, training, and there are just so many 91 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:27.000 channels where Triangle you know, has really put it stamp 92 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:31.000 and ensuring that people have you know, richer, more robust 93 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:34.560 lives and at the end of the day, helping the 94 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:38.519 communities and the economy in the ways that they live 95 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:38.959 in work. 96 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:43.720 Yeah, the numbers of people, it's amazing, you know, literally 97 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:50.160 thousands of people and a lot of testing and examination 98 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:53.519 and helping people improve themselves. I assume that a lot 99 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:56.279 of the folks you help are the so called young 100 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:59.199 people who turn twenty two. And there's a lot of 101 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:04.160 program that disappear when someone turns twenty two. And I 102 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:09.120 assume that what Triangle does is try to help these 103 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:15.079 individuals who, again some may look at as people with disabilities, 104 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:18.279 but you look at them as people with abilities, and you. 105 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:21.560 Want correct and abilities exactly. 106 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:23.399 And Dan, you know, you and I both know that 107 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:25.519 you know, all of we can't none of us can 108 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:27.959 do everything, like none of us have range to like 109 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:31.720 do any you know possibility, any work possibility that comes 110 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:35.560 across our plate. And agreed, these are people with ability. 111 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:39.680 And it isn't just adults. It's young adults eighteen to 112 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:42.240 twenty two because a lot of high schools they have 113 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:45.079 like a high school diplomas, and there's a period of 114 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:47.480 time where they may not matriculate to college as a 115 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:50.040 lot of people do right away or go right into 116 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:53.240 another role, but they're trying to kind of find their place. 117 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:56.639 They're trying to have the right training, the right supports. 118 00:06:56.839 --> 00:06:59.879 So that's a really critical period of time, the ages 119 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:03.519 of eighteen to twenty two because individuals and Massachusetts who 120 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:07.000 have head plans are still supported until they're twenty two. 121 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:09.759 So we see that a triangle is a great opportunity 122 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:12.399 to help those those folks kind of find a good 123 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:15.160 path and help you support with the training and the 124 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:18.160 pathways that will lead them to a rich and robust 125 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:21.839 career or or life or or whatever it may be 126 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:25.399 that will help help them on their way. We also 127 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:28.199 like to look at the individual you know at a 128 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:31.519 younger age, like how do we work with schools to 129 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:33.800 kind of get folks the right you know, if they 130 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:36.199 have the right aptitudes, if they have the right interests, 131 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:38.160 or how do we put them on the right path 132 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:40.560 to that period when they become adults. And then of 133 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:44.000 course post twenty two, you know, how do we continue 134 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:47.560 to work with community colleges and training programs and fill 135 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:51.279 those in demand jobs with people who can do those 136 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:55.480 jobs with the right kinds of support and trainings. So 137 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:57.800 it's just how you look at a lot of these things, 138 00:07:58.040 --> 00:07:59.759 and at the end of the day, if a person 139 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:02.759 has a passion and mistrained, that can be the best 140 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:06.639 worker you'll ever have. Christ example of that. 141 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:10.639 Rachel, How can folks get more information on this is 142 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:14.240 just a quick little appetizer if you will. How can 143 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:17.879 business or businesses reach out to you to help find 144 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:21.920 employees capable employees? And how can individuals who might want 145 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:25.319 to learn more about Triangle or individuals who might want 146 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:27.600 to try to support it. What's the best way to 147 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:28.160 get in touch. 148 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:32.120 Well, you can certainly go to our website as we 149 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:37.399 have www. Dot Triangle, dash I, n C inc dot 150 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:40.480 org and you can learn all about the various offerings 151 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:41.960 that there is a Triangle and the ways that we 152 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:46.600 support communities and also some of the community things that 153 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:50.000 we do. We have a sailing program that we work on, 154 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:54.000 We have recreational opportunities, We have an advocacy program to 155 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:58.440 help individuals, you know, promote self accacy and personal safety 156 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:02.600 and community engagement. So it isn't just the workforce opportunities. 157 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:07.120 It's all these wrap around other services and just ways 158 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:10.000 that we can help, you know, people become their best 159 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:11.960 selves with their greatest ability. 160 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:13.399 It's the whole package. 161 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:15.240 It is the whole patchage. 162 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:17.919 Rachel. Always great to hear You've always looking forward to 163 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:22.320 seeing you at some point. Triangle Inc, I NC DOT 164 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:25.279 or go get you there, Rachel, Thanks very much, congratulations 165 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:26.960 on this next chapter in your life. 166 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:28.320 Thank you so much. 167 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:29.879 Dan, talk to you soon. 168 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:33.840 When we get back here on Nightside, we'll introduce you 169 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:39.000 to another interesting story and another interesting guest. Katie Service 170 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:42.720 is the first female import manager of what is now 171 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:47.720 called Cape Cod Gateway. We will explain and they have 172 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:50.639 a big event coming up this week that if you 173 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:53.080 live anywhere near the Cape, we want you to know about. 174 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:55.000 So stay right with us. We'll be talking with Katie 175 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:57.519 Service here on Nightside and just a couple of minutes 176 00:09:57.559 --> 00:09:59.200 after brief commercial break. 177 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:03.120 Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World 178 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:06.440 night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio. 179 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:09.480 I want to say hello to Katie's Service. She's the 180 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:15.159 first female airport manager ever at Cape cape Cod Gateway. 181 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:18.159 She's also a former member of the Air National Guard. 182 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:19.960 Katie Service, Welcome to Nightside. 183 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:21.360 How are you hi? 184 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:23.320 Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. 185 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:27.440 How long I always think of the airport in Hyanna, 186 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:31.039 says Hyenna's Airport. How long has it been christened Cape 187 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:33.240 Cod Gateway? I think that's a great title. 188 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:36.960 Since January of twenty twenty one. 189 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:40.000 So you guys did that in the middle of COVID 190 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:43.759 none of us were paying attention. It really is a 191 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:48.480 great It truly is Cape Cod Gateway because people don't 192 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:51.519 realize what a great airport it is, easy access and 193 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:55.159 all of that. So, first of all, congratulations, you've been 194 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:58.600 the first female airport manager. How long you've been running 195 00:10:58.639 --> 00:10:59.960 the show at Cape Cord Gateway. 196 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:02.600 I've been at the airport for ten years and the 197 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:04.720 manager for seven of those years. 198 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:08.759 Oh okay, so you're a very highly experienced manager now 199 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:11.919 and you are here tonight to tell us about a 200 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:15.639 full scale exercise this week. I think I know what 201 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:18.000 you might be talking about, but I'm not sure if 202 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:20.080 it is what I think you might be talking about. 203 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:23.480 You don't want to panic the public. I know some 204 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:26.120 of these programs have been done at Logan Airport as well. 205 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:28.399 Tell us what's likely going to happen this week and 206 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:30.159 when this is all pre planned? 207 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.519 Sure, this is pre planned for sure. So for an 208 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:37.720 airport that's certified by the Federal Aviation Administration, it basically 209 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.240 means that they have the capabilities to accept air carrier 210 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:44.440 aircraft and as a requirement of doing that, we need 211 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:48.039 to conduct a full scale emergency exercise every three years 212 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:53.039 to test our abilities to respond to an accident if 213 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:56.399 it were to recurrent our facility. Airports that are certified 214 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:59.440 across the nation do this. You mentioned Logan Airport. They 215 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:02.200 do a full scale exercise in a regular basis as well. 216 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:04.080 So we will be. 217 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:08.039 Doing our full scale exercise this Thursday, September twenty six, 218 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:11.159 starting at five o'clock in the evening and it goes 219 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:14.399 till about eight o'clock. And really what the exercise does 220 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:19.440 is it simulates a mock aircraft accident and actual aircraft 221 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:22.519 will not be used during this drill, but the airport 222 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:25.759 will remain open, but a portion of the airport will 223 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:30.399 be set aside so that we can train with area hospitals, 224 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:34.240 train with police, local police, and fire on how we 225 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:37.200 would respond if an incident were to happen at the airport, 226 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:41.120 and it gives us an opportunity to test that system, 227 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:45.679 to test, you know, and to simulate how the airport 228 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:49.200 has the ability to respond to an incident. We can 229 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:52.639 identify where we need, areas that we need to work 230 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:56.279 on and areas that we do well in areas that 231 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:59.799 we don't do as well. So it's a combination of 232 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:02.960 an number of different agencies that get together and really 233 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:08.279 test this. It gives airport staff, other fire departments, the airlines, 234 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:12.440 the American Red Cross the ability to respond and test 235 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:15.000 their metal if it were to come to an accident 236 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:16.840 occurring on the airport. 237 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:19.759 So if let's let us assume someone's driving by the 238 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:23.320 airport sometime after five o'clock Friday night, what are they 239 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:27.480 likely to see? Again, I don't want people to be 240 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:31.120 to be afraid or feel that. I assume there'd be 241 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:33.279 some lights and some red lights and some blue lights. 242 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:37.960 How much will the public be able to observe just 243 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:40.320 as they travel by, Because your airport is a very 244 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:41.759 open airport, as I'm sure. 245 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:44.279 You know, right, So if the public were to be 246 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:48.879 driving by, they would see ambulances, they would see fire trucks, 247 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:52.360 they would see police with all lights on on the 248 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:54.399 east side of the airport, and that is part of 249 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:57.000 this drill. They are going to see this from five 250 00:13:57.039 --> 00:13:59.879 o'clock in the evening in the early evening to eight 251 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:03.440 o'clock at night as we go through and test different 252 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:08.559 areas of the scenario. So we really have five components 253 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:14.480 that we're testing. So these elements fire police and others. 254 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:19.960 They will see flashing lights, they will see ambulances coming 255 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:23.279 and going from the airport to Cape Cod Hospital, and 256 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:27.159 it's all part of this mock scenario to respond to 257 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:29.240 a potential aircraft incident. 258 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:33.279 I just think it's great that you're advising people in advance. 259 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:35.240 Do you do this I think you said you do 260 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:37.360 it every three years. Do you do it more often 261 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:40.559 than that or is it just what is required every 262 00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:41.120 three years? 263 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:45.080 We do this every three years for this level. When 264 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:48.240 we actually physically get out onto the airfield, and we 265 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:52.840 have different stations that police, fire, the hospital, airport staff 266 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:57.600 are going to to test different elements of the emergency system. 267 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:01.120 But every year we sit in what we call a 268 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:04.519 tabletop where we talk through an emergency like this and 269 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:08.440 what we would do. So we're testing our people to 270 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:12.159 respond to emergency throughout the year. All twelve months we're 271 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:14.759 doing some type of training and testing of the system. 272 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:18.879 So even though we're doing this full scale exercise every 273 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.879 three years, the depth and breadth of it is significant 274 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.080 every three years, but we're really testing the system on 275 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:27.240 an animal basis. 276 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:30.960 So in the ten years that you have been there, 277 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:33.919 in the seven years during which you served as manager, 278 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:41.000 it basically evolved from Hyena's Airport. It's same location now 279 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:44.320 it's called Cape Cod Gateway, which makes it sound like 280 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:48.240 a much larger operation. Give us some sense of how 281 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:51.360 it's evolved during your time there. I know that you 282 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:53.879 have more flights going out of there, and I think 283 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:57.120 you're reaching more destinations. Tell us about it. Sure. 284 00:15:57.200 --> 00:16:01.720 So the airport itself, we ended up going through a 285 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:05.360 strategic plan analysis in developing a strategic plan for the 286 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:09.600 airport to identify areas that we needed improvement. One of 287 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:13.519 those areas was to bring in more commercial service like 288 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:16.200 we used to have back twenty years ago, to bring 289 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:19.399 in more commercial service, so the fifteen towns on Cape 290 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:22.960 Cod had the ability to connect to the national airspace 291 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:27.559 system relatively close without having to travel to Boston or 292 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:31.440 to Providence to get their commercial service. That takes time, 293 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:34.960 So in speaking with airlines, it took me about five 294 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:39.759 years to convince American Airlines to come to the airport 295 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:43.240 and to start providing service. That's just one example. It 296 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:46.879 takes time because the airlines, it's a big endeavor for 297 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:48.879 an airline to come into a city and they want 298 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:50.919 to make sure that that city in that town is 299 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:54.480 going to work for them and that they will have ridership. Well, 300 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:58.480 this year was American Airlines first year of operating at 301 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:02.559 Cape Cod Gateway Airport, and their passenger loads were over 302 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:05.920 eighty two percent for the entire summer, which is fantastic. 303 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:11.319 And I assume that things quiet down a little bit beginning, 304 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:17.039 you know, November through March, and that your real active 305 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:21.119 time of the year is from probably May first to Halloween. 306 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:23.240 Is that pretty much the schedule. 307 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:27.400 That pretty much is It's usually about May through Labor Day. 308 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:30.440 Is where the bulk of the schedule lies. We are 309 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:33.559 trying to work with some of those airlines that are 310 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:37.079 existing at the airport to start providing maybe less than 311 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:39.759 daily service in the wintertime. We have a number of 312 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:44.079 residents that are asking for a NonStop flight to Florida, 313 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:46.920 for instance, and to have that ability to connect to 314 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:49.599 the system right from Cape Cod. So we're working with 315 00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:52.440 our airlines to see if we can offer something that's 316 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.079 less than daily so that there are opportunities in a 317 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.200 more consistent schedule for the residents that live on Cape 318 00:17:59.200 --> 00:17:59.880 Cod y around. 319 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.920 Yeah, a lot of airports, it's whatever. A couple of 320 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:05.599 times a week makes a huge difference. People can plan 321 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:09.599 around that. And they sound like they have someone who's 322 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:12.839 willing to listen to the concerns of people on Cape Cord. Katie, 323 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:16.680 and I think that's fabulous, and congratulations on your promotion, 324 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:19.920 although obviously it's been a few years now, and and 325 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:22.839 I hope that there's some big airport, bigger airport doesn't 326 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:25.799 come and snatch you away. I hope that you enjoy, 327 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:29.920 you know, the the ocean breezes of Cape Cod in 328 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:34.839 the summertime and the big better weather down here. Than 329 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:38.079 maybe if you had to go up north. Congratulations and 330 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:40.640 thanks for giving us all the information on what's going 331 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.599 to happen this weekend. 332 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:43.839 I appreciate it. 333 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:45.519 Yes, thank you very. 334 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.400 Much, thank you. 335 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:49.880 Good night. We get back after the news. Sort of 336 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:53.759 a sad note. The mayor of mathu and Neil Perry 337 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:57.319 uh passed away this weekend. Mathune is a big city. 338 00:18:58.319 --> 00:19:01.920 You know, it's not Boston. Maybe it's not Providence or 339 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:04.599 Portland or Worcester, but it's a big city. And with 340 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:08.680 us right after the news break will be the Massachusetts 341 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:12.680 State Auditor, Diana Disaglio. She's born and raised in Mathuen 342 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:15.880 and former state representative from the area. I just want 343 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:20.480 to reflect on the life and the achievements of Neil Perry, 344 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:24.519 who was very dedicated to that city. And we'll talk 345 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:27.599 with the state auditor just right after the news breaker. 346 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:33.839 Stay with us night side with Dan Ray on Boston's 347 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.960 news Radio. 348 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:38.720 Well, every once in a while we lose a public official. 349 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:41.119 I will tell you that I never, to the best 350 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:45.319 of my knowledge, dealt with the late mayor of Neil Perry. 351 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:49.319 There have been some stories we've done dealing with with Mathuen, 352 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:53.200 but I thought The best person for us to talk 353 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:55.240 to a little bit about the life and legacy of 354 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:59.519 Mayor Perry is State Auditor Diana Desaglio, who was born 355 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:02.640 and raised the Mathuan, represented that area in the State 356 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:05.960 House of Representatives and also in the Massachusetts State Senate, 357 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:09.640 and now represents one of the six constitutional officers who 358 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:13.240 serves this commonwealth full time. Uh And I'm madam auditor. 359 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:15.880 If I could call you, Diana, I would love to 360 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:18.000 do that. Welcome back to night side. 361 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:21.960 Dan, It's always my pleasure to come on. I am 362 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:26.079 so excited that I am still awake at this hour 363 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:30.759 and get to join you. Well now that I'm in 364 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:33.920 my forties, of all those years of service before we 365 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:35.759 got to this point, Well I am. 366 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:37.920 I am a few years older than you, and I 367 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:40.319 want you to know I was in the gym today 368 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:42.799 at I think it was quarter of seven. 369 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:47.920 Stop bragging, Dan, I'm just tell you, I'm not bragging. 370 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:51.200 If it's the truth, Diana, and I am. I will 371 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:54.759 be working until midnight. But I want to dial it 372 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:58.160 back here and get serious with you because I didn't 373 00:20:58.160 --> 00:21:02.559 really know the methuin Neil Perry, but I'm told by 374 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:04.759 friends of mine from that neck of the woods. That 375 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:08.000 he's a really good guy. He'd been sitting. Yeah, so 376 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:11.799 this isn't a surprise, but yeah, I guess for him 377 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:15.880 I listened today. He was not someone who was looking 378 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:19.119 to move on. This was the job that he wanted 379 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:20.920 and he did it with a great deal of passion, 380 00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.799 as I understand it. 381 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:24.880 Yeah, and you know what, Dan, I mean, similar to 382 00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:26.480 how you and I were just kind of being a 383 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:30.480 little sarcastic there having some fun with each other, ye 384 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.720 having a good time. 385 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:33.960 That was very very. 386 00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:38.480 Much Mayor Neil Perry as well, and we actually had 387 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:43.720 a very similar relationship, very similar friendship. Mayor Neil Perry 388 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:47.119 was not just a colleague, he was a friend and 389 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:50.119 I will miss him dearly. I know so many folks 390 00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:53.880 from the Fillin and surrounding area will miss him as well. 391 00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:56.480 But he was a great public servant, a great leader, 392 00:21:56.880 --> 00:22:01.920 a fighter for our community, and had a great sarcastic 393 00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:04.359 merrimac Valley Masian. 394 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.720 I often joke. 395 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:09.960 When I'm when I'm up at the State House and 396 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:12.799 and some of my colleagues, who you know, they don't 397 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:15.000 like that I'm trying to audit the legislature. They don't 398 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:19.119 like that I am very candid with you know, some 399 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:22.039 of my thoughts about different things, and I often will 400 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:24.400 joke back with them and say, hey, I'm from Matsuan. 401 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:29.200