We scribblers sometimes have our uses... I have written several pieces for our excellent online news service over the last year about a proposed new Caribbean carrier called Tropical International Airways, to be based operationally at St Kitts but commercially headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. It expects to wet-lease a bunch of L.1011s and some 727-200s from American Trans Air for a hub operation linking St Kitts with destinations throughout the Caribbean and cities in the USA. It already has US DOT approval to fly from St Kitts to New York JFK, Chicago Midway (yes, Midway - think of ATA's biggest hub), Washington Dulles and Fort Lauderdale.