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Fair enough. We can move on.

Permit a very simple question. Do you agree or disagree with my earlier statement? The federal "subsidies" that airports get are...

@Exvalley 'otiose' Never come across that word before, thank you.

No problem. I was going to do my own research. Which airport is it? Also, everyone knows that airports rely on other revenue streams...

I couldn't agree more with this. Why shouldn't we have the choice to drive / fly / train / sail / walk / bike, etc ? While all these...

Exactly!!!!!!! My entire point has been that we need to stop being so competitive and playing into the zero sum game fallacy.

Well... we have to start looking somewhere. Which is your local airport that you were referring to? Regardless, the pertinent point is...

Which airport is that? Keep in mind that there are numerous other sources of revenue, such as parking, concessions, rental car...

Except that the bulk of the growth has come in the form of never ending suburbs that have not been designed with public transportation...

The FAA runs air traffic control. Air traffic control is paid for by the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. The Trust Fund is funded...

This is what I am getting out. Emphasizing the environmental benefits associated with train travel is effective advocacy.

Well said. In my opinion, effective advocacy spells out why passenger rail is important to our country moving forward rather than...

While I appreciate the creativity of your argument, I will respect what budget analysts and economists say.

That is a very important point.... I think when people talk about advantages that airlines have they really are implicitly driven by...

Well, let's look at cost per trip. A bit dated, but here are some statistics compiled in a report that looked at subsidies between 2002...