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I think a big part of it is that airline industry is typically co-located in cities with large numbers of other jobs, allowing a region to soak up the loss a li
by subway 8y ago
I think a big part of it is that airline industry is typically co-located in cities with large numbers of other jobs, allowing a region to soak up the loss a little more easily.
In coal dependent regions, the mining jobs create downstream jobs in transportation and general support of mining towns. This means when a mine shuts down, along with it go other local jobs, from gas station attendants to truck drivers and freight train conductors.
- bradknowles 8y agoThere's already a major shortage of truck drivers in this country. Maybe not where the mines are, but elsewhere. But if they're truck drivers, then they should be able to drive trucks elsewhere, for other industries. So, at least that part of the downstream economy shouldn't be a factor. Unless, that is, they insist on continuing to be truck drivers for coal mines, and living in the same place that they have always lived. But if they're going to be intransigent, then I don't have a lot of sympathy for them. Please note, my uncle is a truck driver, and I've heard a lot about the industry from his personal experience. I do actually have a lot of sympathy for truck drivers in general. But this is a transportation industry, and they have to go where the jobs are.
- subway 8y agoSure -- in theory all the regional jobs should be transferable to another region. That doesn't make it any less painful when a region's primary economic resource closes shop without a replacement. The absolute best case scenario, where everyone finds a happy new position elsewhere still results in a dead town filled with blighted property.