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U.S. carriers to introduce bus services on some routes due to pilot shortage
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — U.S. carriers are preparing to introduce bus services on some routes as the pilot shortage affects airlines' plans to return to their pre-pandemic flight schedules. (www.airlinerwatch.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Now passengers will be able to cutch their armrests for the entire journey instead of just during take-offs and landings
think of it: if a bus makes time or economic sense for a city pair, then flights are irrelevant.
Agreed….and sometimes vice versa. In the ‘80s there were DC9 flights between Hobby and Intercontinental in Houston, all of 24 miles direct.
I'll try it only if they have meals and beverages in first class.
Reminiscent of the railroad industry before Amtrak when the freight railroads were forced to provide uneconomical passenger train service by the ICC. The trick was to put the few travelers they had into buses, which was a lot more economical than operating trains, with the hope they would never come back. The other trick was to remove dining cars from trains and replace them with vending machine cars. Ahhh, the good ole days of passenger trains and ingenious government regulation!
That $100 can pay for a few bloody Maries in the airport bar during that 90-minute layover at 8am!