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Insane that the US has put all its eggs into one basket. One bad event and interregional passenger travel completely breaks down. Looks like it would be wise to

Insane that the US has put all its eggs into one basket. One bad event and interregional passenger travel completely breaks down. Looks like it would be wise to invest in a more resilient mode of transportation.

Someone1234 4y ago
This is one airline out of several. Also, what other mode of transportation doesn't use scheduling software? Certainly not rail or inter-state buses, they have very similar headaches.
- bombcar 4y ago
  And indeed multiple competing companies with planes is going to be more resilient - as each flight is dependent on the airports at each end and not much more, whereas a road or rail method has to have all the interconnecting working.
kube-system 4y ago
We're talking about the 4th largest airline in the US.
- dehrmann 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_airlines_in_North_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_airlines_in_No... Very coincidentally, their fleet size is 737.
leguminous 4y ago
What would be a more resilient mode of transportation? Few people would take a train from Chicago to Miami, for example. That's something like 1200 miles (2000km). Traveling from LA to NYC is like traveling from Lisbon to Moscow (2500mi/4000km by air). The US should definitely have more rail--and higher speed rail--but that is only practical in select areas with enough population density. Many of the people in those areas could drive to where rail would service.
- pacificmint 4y ago
  > That’s something like 1200 miles (2000km) On the other hand, a high speed train can do 200 mph (320 km/h) in actual operation. That would be a six hour train ride. A plane is faster, but once you add all the airport overhead, the train might actually be competitive.
  - landemva 4y ago
    AMS-PAR is a good example of when to take the train. Yet I wouldn't know how to begin to book a comparable train alternative in USA for say LAX-SFO or CLE-PIT.

Someone1234 4y ago

This is one airline out of several. Also, what other mode of transportation doesn't use scheduling software? Certainly not rail or inter-state buses, they have very similar headaches.

bombcar 4y ago
And indeed multiple competing companies with planes is going to be more resilient - as each flight is dependent on the airports at each end and not much more, whereas a road or rail method has to have all the interconnecting working.

kube-system 4y ago

We're talking about the 4th largest airline in the US.

dehrmann 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_airlines_in_North_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_airlines_in_No... Very coincidentally, their fleet size is 737.

leguminous 4y ago

What would be a more resilient mode of transportation? Few people would take a train from Chicago to Miami, for example. That's something like 1200 miles (2000km). Traveling from LA to NYC is like traveling from Lisbon to Moscow (2500mi/4000km by air). The US should definitely have more rail--and higher speed rail--but that is only practical in select areas with enough population density. Many of the people in those areas could drive to where rail would service.

pacificmint 4y ago
> That’s something like 1200 miles (2000km) On the other hand, a high speed train can do 200 mph (320 km/h) in actual operation. That would be a six hour train ride. A plane is faster, but once you add all the airport overhead, the train might actually be competitive.
- landemva 4y ago
  AMS-PAR is a good example of when to take the train. Yet I wouldn't know how to begin to book a comparable train alternative in USA for say LAX-SFO or CLE-PIT.