That's fair. I suppose one benefit of trains is all the intermediate traffic. Every flight attendant is only really serving an A->B flight, or an A->B->C fligh

That's fair. I suppose one benefit of trains is all the intermediate traffic. Every flight attendant is only really serving an A->B flight, or an A->B->C flight with an intermediate stop. Trains can make many stops and have higher turnover, and combined with the generally higher capacity of a train, I wonder if the passenger-hours per employee ends up being a wash.