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> The staff and the whole process is very laid back without all of the security theatre nonsense of the TSA. It's about as formal as going to a play. Note that
by mlindner 4y ago
> The staff and the whole process is very laid back without all of the security theatre nonsense of the TSA. It's about as formal as going to a play.
Note that TSA is working to change this. They've wanted to add airport-style security at all train stations for a while now. If we ever have a shooting on an Amtrak train it'll happen right away.
- actionablefiber 4y agoI don't think my heart could take it if that happened. Much of the majesty of taking Amtrak is being able to show up to the station in the downtown core minutes before departure and simply hop on the train, and then hop back off in the downtown core of your destination. I would take arriving at Moynihan Train Hall over JFK ten times out of ten. If they made it an undignified time-consuming hassle I might think to myself, "eff it, megabus is so much cheaper."
- ryukafalz 4y agoPretty sure this would instantly kill off what remains of rail travel. Its big advantage in the Northeast is that you don't have to account for the unpredictable time to make it through security like you do for air travel, so the times often even out anyway. Remove that advantage and you've just driven a stake into Amtrak.