End of an American tradition: Amtrak kills the traditional dining car

Re:End of an American tradition: Amtrak kills the traditiona... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday September 22, 2019 @05:33AM (#21040479)

> Amtrak and the American Rail experience is dying because the current CEO of Amtrak is a former airline executive

What would you prefer?

Delta is a well-run airline. Its former CEO knows B2C transport. Flying is, broadly speaking, preferable for business travellers to rail. That is due to service failures by Amtrak. Failures someone who has tackled these problems is uniquely qualified to solve.

The alternative, hiring rail enthusiasts with no understanding of competition, is what got us unto this mess.

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Re:End of an American tradition: Amtrak kills the traditiona... by ghaff on Sunday September 22, 2019 @09:41AM (#21041314)

I agree with you general point. But business travelers also take air on most routes because it’s a lot faster.

I’m pretty sure I couldn’t justify the time or the money as business expenses to start taking 24 hour overnight train trips rather than a 2-3 hour flight.

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