Comments on: Chart: The Most Fuel-Efficient Airlines

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:43:57 +0000

One thing to keep in mind is that the majority of people on short commuter flights are connecting in Atlanta. The short flight is not their whole trip so obviously rail would not be a viable alternative for those people.
Another huge barrier to rail that I see is that once you arrive in most cities (excluding the northeast, Chicago, and other places I don’t know about) a car is a basic necessity. So it’s a heck of a lot easier to drive 3-4 hours to Charlotte than to get to the train station, take the train, and then figure out how to get around Charlotte without a car.

By: Tiffany Montblanc

Tiffany Montblanc — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:05:49 +0000

You could probably save a lot by sending them unaccompanied on the bus!

By: Chris 2.0

Chris 2.0 — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:11:35 +0000

Well, the Post Office seemed to be doing fine financially for 300 years until W was President. I mean some people might say they’re losing money now because they’re mandated to provide a very high level of service for a very low price to a market that is disappearing, but that wouldn’t fit either of our pre-constructed, ideological positions.

Sorry, don’t mean to thread-jack, but I find the often used Post Office to private business comparisons wholly misleading.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:28:42 +0000

But the stock market’s going to go up forever, so we’re OK right?

By: DEM

DEM — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:27:01 +0000

You can’t mail anything for 44 cents with the post office, either. They’re tapping the treasury — i.e., your tax dollars — to cover the approximately $3.5 billion they lose every quarter. At least with Fed Ex, the listed price is all you pay. USPS is charging you one thing at the counter but robbing you blind behind your back.