Flight Subsidies

[ultrarunner]

Most of what that article underscores is the utter stupidity of some passengers to spend the time to:

1. drive to airport and report at gate 60 minutes before departure

2. Board

3. Taxi out

4. Fly 87 miles

5. Taxi in.

6. Deplane

7. Get a taxi or rent a car

.....

Just goes to show how utter meaningless someones time is worth, and the extent the government will support that waste of time!

But like a previous poster said, this is NOT news.

 

[AceCrackshot]

To me, there is more benefit from EAS than from say, AMTRAK, not to say either are particularly beneficial.

If I were the Mayor of North America, I'd shut down AMTRAK, use the money for commuter rail service in metro areas a la the METRA in ORD, and promise the cities that lose AMTRAK, EAS for 10 years.

Then, except for AK, end EAS.

 

[F/O]

The print version of this article had a big ugly photo of JO right smack dab in the middle....