I'm also a "part time" airline pilot and fly international flights based at LAX.

One of the theories that I have is that we don't really have the large office space needed to attract large companies such as Alaska Airlines (or another similarly sized company that isn't tech and focuses on middle class jobs).

But if you could make some sort of agreement with the airline itself that would be ideal. 

Not sure if that is your demographic, but Orcale moved HDQ to Houston, you have med school there and MD Anderson and plenty of medical workers, big airline worker population, oil business great today, Exxon just moved HDQ there again, many other companies moving there. 

I've found this style of door stop to be far more durable and trouble free in the long run as you can't guarantee that the rigid or spring-based ones that go on the baseboard trim won't be knocked off by a vacuum or bent by small kids and then the next time the door is pushed too hard you have a dent in your wall anyway.  

I got the idea through a NY Times story a few years back.An airline was stuck with an expensive office lease in mid-town manhattan.

The last 10 years I spent flying for United Airlines and am currently a stay-at-home Dad/part-time real estate investor waiting for either 1) my airline to pull its collective head out of its "posterior" and run a quality operation, or 2) make enough money in real estate that I never have to work for another crooked CEO the rest of my life.Monika is a native of Poland and currently works in Newport Beach as a Registered Nurse.

I have some in laws that live in Melbourne and I frequently work with several of your airlines, REX being one of them. 

When you buy that facility, take advantage of http://www.sparefoot.com to rent your vacant units.If you use management software providers, Centershift or SiteLink, you can accept real time bookings in the same way that airlines are able to sell their extra seats on Expedia.com.

Properties usually don't stand in a vacuum, but what's going on around them can make a big difference.