MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is headed to London for the Farnborough International Air Show to try to generate jobs for Alabama.
In an interview Thursday, Bentley said he will leave Saturday and will spend Sunday, Monday and Tuesday meeting with executives of aerospace companies attending the air show.
“I wish they would name it something else because it sounds like a vacation. It’s certainly not a vacation, not for me anyway. It’s the hardest three days I ever spend,” he said.
Bentley said he met with 40 company chief executives last year when the air show was in Paris, and his meetings typically began at 6 a.m. and continued into the evening.
Bentley said he hopes to seal a deal with two industrial prospects in London and make announcements while he is at the air show. “It’s the direct result of time we’ve spent with these companies,” he said.