I can fly wherever I want at great prices... What's not to love?
Air travel is a great value.
The airlines are losing money providing you with that "great value".
That's why they're going to have to stop offering you money-losing flights.
And those routes will become money-MAKING routes for Amtrak!
(which can operate more efficiently at the shorter distances.)
The Earth will spiral into the sun before Amtrak is profitable. Did you forget, Willie, that Amtrak is sucking from the government teat?
I am all for letting airlines drop unprofitable routes. Let the industry decide what airports to serve and when. Getting government involved only leads to stupid decision making.
If the airlines drop service to certain airports, other modes of transport will pick it up. Maybe intercity buses on the short term, maybe trains. Whatever. As long as everybody competes on an equal footing, the customer wins.
BTW, intercity buses have gotten brutally efficient, as well. You can get from NYC to WDC for 15 bucks, with several departures daily. That doesn’t come close to covering your gas if you choose to drive.
not to mention the absurd cost of maintaining rails and the fact amtrack is a government rail.
it is cheeper to buy cars for passengers than to fund these rail systems.