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I have to differ.... Airlines have to man every airport with a number of personnel, from the ticket agents to the baggage handlers to the maintenance workers on top of its flight crews, whereas Amtrak mans in comparison only a few stations and depots with a single ticket agent even though Amtrak has more personnel on its trains. <br /> <br />Its not the number of passengers, its the number of passenger miles that count. Outside the NEC Amtrak trains run around a thousand miles a day.... However, in the NEC Amtrak trains do a number of 300 miles runs in both directions. From my naval engineering days, diesels consume less energy than jet turbines.... A Lot Less! IF TURBINES WERE CHEAPER, WHY AREN'T ALL OF THE EIGHTEEN WHEELERS POWERED BY JET TURBINES? <br /> <br />Therefore its not so easy to compare labor costs. Quite the contrary labor costs for Amtrak per passenger is less than the labor costs for airline passenger, on top of lesser fuel costs per passenger..... Airlines have pilots and which earn up to $300,000 a year, many over $100,000 per year, not to mention the high salaries of co-pilots. Don't just slip in that brand new upstart commuter airline pilots earn less..... Over a career of 30 years, I can guarantee you that they'll be earning twice that small amount.....
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