Originally Posted by shiznit

Acela the MOST.... I have neighbors who traveled to NY regularly and loved the Shuttle but as soon as the skies got cloudy they would just hop on the Acela instead.... Since Shuttle OPS/Disp. got moved to ATL, they cut rolling flight numbers, use of spare slots and standby crews and airplanes is what hurts the reliability and then drives businessmen to the train.


REMEMBER: NONE of this would be a problem with proper domestic scope. Then it wouldn't matter what airframe the company chose for the route..... It would merely be a different AE bid option.