The airline model works because of TIME and time only. NY to LA in 6 hour by air and 30 hours give or take by rail. The American people as a whole wanted everything now and that was why rail pax service died in the first place. I am not sure anyone can fix Amtrak let alone an airline exce from an airline that does not do to bad.I can drive from my home in State College to Pittsburgh faster than I can ride Amtrak due to all the stops the train makes. Until the american people learn to appreciate this great country and enjoy it instead of flying over it Amtrak saddly will remain what it is. Just my opinion.
Oh JOY!
Amtrak, now employing newly established practices, and finding its Southwest Chief , among other intercity trains, seriously overbooked...
...employs one of its conductors, recently schooled at the United Airlines Academy of Interpersonal Relationships, to remove one of its uncooperative customers...
...from his paid first-class accommodation.
This will surely help with annual congressional budgetary issues, too.
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OMG, I was joking about smaller seats closer together!!
Someone actually thinks this is a good idea for Amtrak??
I have read a lot and heard a lot about AMTRAK but my only ride was in 2007 from Pgh. to Altoona for the RAILFEST. I was all excited but what a huge disappointment. Old, dirty cars, the windows so cloudy that you could hardly see out. At Pgh. I have seen better accomodations in Podunk for a station. No signs, no information, lots of confusion. I was able to get my lady companion and myself some coffee that tasted like instant. Glad that I didn't park at the PRR station because when we returned, people who had parked there, had their car windows broken. Downtown Pgh !! Nice. To make a long trip like that-no thanks. I rode in better Army troop trains. An airline guy to lead AMTRAK !! Profitable ?? Mergers,bankruptcies and pushing people around like cattle. Making passengers sit on the tarmac for hours while they try to find a crew ?? What a joke.
Airlines use government owned airports. Let us see how much profit they would make if the airports were privatized, and the owners have to pay full taxes.
Or they paid full allocated cost for airport use.
Or they paid Income Tax on the amount of full allocated costs not paid.
Free Enterprise to me includes free from from any and all government welfare and subsidies!
