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Mindful of the state’s current budget woes, Crisco is quick to point out that his officed is taking justfive people, half the numbert that went to the air show a year ago, and that they are flyin g coach and staying in a Frenc h equivalent of a budgetg motel. “We’ve allotted about $127,000 for this trip (for Commercse officials), but we saved a lot on airfare and will not spenddthat much,” Crisco says from his cell phonr while driving between Jacksonville and Wilmington for meetings.
The trip’s single biggest cost is $107,700 for the Northy Carolina pavilion at theair show, which will server as a hub for promoting the state’s, and Triad’s, aviatiom assets, while also hostingf prospect meetings. “The thing is, not attending a show of this magnitudr sendsa message,” Crisco “and we have too much momentumm in aviation to risk that.”