Aloha Airlines incited by inter-island competitor go! (operated by parent company Mesa Airlines) and high fuel prices, Aloha filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection again on March 20, 2008. Ten days later, on March 30, 2008, Aloha Airlines announced the suspension of all scheduled passenger flights, with the final day of operation to be March 31, 2008. The shutdown resulted in the layoffs of about 1,900 of the company's roughly 3,500 employees. Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle asked the bankruptcy court involved to delay the shutdown of Aloha Airlines passenger services, and forcibly restore passenger service; however, federal Bankruptcy Judge Lloyd King declined,
What Cheer, Iowa the site that would become Providence in 1636, he was greeted by Narragansett Native Americans with "What Cheer, "Netop"". "Netop" was the Narragansett word for "friend", and the Narragansetts had picked up the "what cheer" greeting from English settlers. It is possible that the connection between What Cheer, Iowa and What Cheer, the shibboleth of Rhode Island, was merely coincidental - the entries for these subjects are adjacent but not connected in the 1908 edition of the Encyclopedia Americana. What Cheer has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. Robert Forsyth, born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, came to America