On Post Taxi Service to Face Competition?

It looks like the Arirang taxi drivers may have really overplayed their hand with their recent strike:

Army and Air Force Exchange Services officials are considering opening on-base taxi service to competition in the wake of a recent taxi strike, an AAFES general manager said Thursday at a Camp Casey town hall meeting.

The idea still is in its infancy and is being evaluated with several options to improve taxi service, said Betty O¿Brien, Area II general manager.

¿We¿re looking at a second company on installation for competition,¿ O¿Brien told a soldier in the audience who voiced unhappiness with the current service. The new service would apply to both Area I and Area II bases, O¿Brien later said.

If the cab drivers thought they weren’t making enough money before imagine the income hit they are going to take if they face competition on post.