Mid-Way Regional Airport | Pilots Revolt Over Andy Biery

Mid-Way Regional Airport manager Andy Biery is no stranger to critcism from this blog, or of public opinion in general. It’s just a mystery why this son of a federal judge* has allowed to run roughshod over pilots, companies that do/did business with the airport and has allowed to escape scrutiny for padding his resume with things like, “I’m a Naval aviator” and “I have previous airport management experience.” Both are lies. Both are not true. Both are made-up. Both would have resulted in someone in the private sector disgraced from their job.

Andy Biery is a problem and a liability at Mid-Way Regional Airport, and his coddlers and handlers known as the Mid-Way Regional Airport Board with Paula Baucum as the chair have allowed this guy to continue unabated.

Taxpayers from Midlothian and Waxahachie subsidize the airport — and Biery’s salary — annually, so it’s only fair that I remain a stick in the side of the airport, since ultimately, the accountability is a public street. If this were a private airport and a private situation, I probably wouldn’t care as much. But we’re talking millions of dollars in government contracts that may or may not have been signed to do work at the airport. We’re talking about Biery pissing off TxDOT and others with his fees and hypocritical policy changes…like these:

From: [Redacted]
To: The Ellis County Observer
Cc: The Palmer Post

Recently several long-time Midway Airport residents moved to Dallas Executive Airport. Now, instead of airplanes, the vacated hangars are housing recreational vehicles and at least one car.

Hangar 54, the hangar that was previously home to the banner towing operation.

Box Hangar B6, left vacant when the Merlin moved away.

The gentleman in the RV in Hangar B6 appears to be staying in it. At 11:00 PM his car was parked outside, the RV was inside the closed hangar with the RV’s air conditioner running, the sides expanded and the shades drawn.

11:00 PM

So, we’ve recently lost an active aerial advertising business and a corporate turbine aircraft and this is what we are replacing them with? What was the purpose of all the meetings were every detail of the new leases was explored and the rules were examined so thoroughly? My husband and I were just asked to sign new leases for the three flight school hangars. Each lease contains the statement “. . . the leased premises shall be used solely for the storage of airworthy aircraft . . . ”  To whom do these rules apply?

Thank you for your time in this.

Let’s not stop there…what about the welding taking place around hangars and planes — quite risky at a government airport. Surely there would be some sort of safety precautions taking place…or surely the “professionals” running the airport could get a handle on their poodle, Andy Biery. See, that’s what Andy Biery has become, the poodle of the political establishment. No matter his lack of airport experience (anywhere, not in Arlington, not in Lancaster…) or the fact he was never a Naval aviator. Ever.

The safety of everyone at that airport has been blogged about before. The photo above is direct evidence that Andy Biery has no idea what he is doing…allowing welding to take place like this…I know if that were my plane and my hangar and my insurance company saw this, the risk level would skyrocket…

So, Waxahachie Councilman Mark Singleton, what’s so great about Paula’s leadership over the airport board with the scores of evidence to the contrary about this Andy “Poodle” Biery? How can one sit by as the house burns and say, “well the lawn is nice and pretty at least!”

Maybe it was the intention of those involved to make Biery get the needed licks…oh well, when Ennis breaks ground on their massive airport, I guess we could stuff balloons and RVs at Mid-Way.

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