United Airlines beats the shit out of passenger

[K@th]

The other guy didn't pay shit. He was a pilot getting a free flight to work.

That the airline is required by law to provide.

[Okeefenokee]

Just got back from another trip at around midnight last night. Took a slightly different path on the way back than normal. Sadly watched as the grass, trees, and hills gave way to dirt, scrub, and desert. Saved more than a couple thousand bucks versus flying.

[Ex-California]

Just got back from another trip at around midnight last night. Took a slightly different path on the way back than normal. Sadly watched as the grass, trees, and hills gave way to dirt, scrub, and desert. Saved more than a couple thousand bucks versus flying.

You see so much more traveling by car as opposed to plane.. Love it

[SuburbanFarmer]

Just wait until this comes in vogue.

No way in hell the FAA approves that one. Everybody would pancake like dominos, on takeoff, without a backrest.

Anyway, it's another example of the fact that there is absolutely no limit to how hard a corporation will fuck you for a buck.

[TheOneX]

Just wait until this comes in vogue.

No way in hell the FAA approves that one. Everybody would pancake like dominos, on takeoff, without a backrest.

Anyway, it's another example of the fact that there is absolutely no limit to how hard a corporation will fuck you for a buck.

Can we just build a high speed train network?

[Okeefenokee]

Just wait until this comes in vogue.

No way in hell the FAA approves that one. Everybody would pancake like dominos, on takeoff, without a backrest.

Anyway, it's another example of the fact that there is absolutely no limit to how hard a corporation will fuck you for a buck.

Can we just build a high speed train network?

Or just bring back low speed trains. Then we'd have an excuse.

I gotta take some time off, boss. Yeah I gotta take a train back home to bury grannie. See you in the spring.

[Ex-California]

Just wait until this comes in vogue.

No way in hell the FAA approves that one. Everybody would pancake like dominos, on takeoff, without a backrest.

Anyway, it's another example of the fact that there is absolutely no limit to how hard a corporation will fuck you for a buck.

Can we just build a high speed train network?

The main problem I see in this is that they are only building trains to nowhere.

See the CA train project for an example. The high speed part needs to be in the metro areas, not in the middle of farmland where you can drive 90 mph anyway.

[Speaker to Animals]

The trains used to be a lot faster a hundred years ago. But the rails got consolidated, and the passenger trains became federalized or owned by the cities. They have to share the rails with freight, and freight always has priority.

In the cities, if you look at the old schedules, the trains ran MUCH faster with more stops.

In my humble opinion, before we get into the business of high-speed commuter systems, we need to sort out the freight systems, and we need to have these things run on separate networks. For instance, we could build a cargo pipeline network for freight, and then overhaul the existing rail lines for (relatively) high speed. Between the cities, we can more likely straighten out the paths to make it possible, but a lot of civil engineering has to go into making that safe. Many of our rural crossings have no barriers at all. Just stop signs.

But just separating freight into it's own network would allow us to go back to speeds trains ran on a century ago. Which is significantly faster. That would be a huge advantage.

[Okeefenokee]

I forgot. The TSA would fuck that up too.

I'm just gonna have to get an RV and hire a driver.

[TheReal_ND]

Just wait until this comes in vogue.

No way in hell the FAA approves that one. Everybody would pancake like dominos, on takeoff, without a backrest.

Anyway, it's another example of the fact that there is absolutely no limit to how hard a corporation will fuck you for a buck.

Can we just build a high speed train network?

Trains are making the frogs gay.