Originally Posted by
jcountry
Doubt it.
People need to get places to facilitate commerce-just as coal and iron ore do.
The economy would take a massive dump if either one were to falter.
Apples and oranges-but AA is the world's largest airline-saying that it is less important than some airline doesn't make it so.
Maybe. But there are only two western US railroads; BNSF and Union Pacific. Eliminating 50% of the rail capacity from seaports such as Long Beach, Houston, and Seattle would be significant. I'm not saying AA isn't significant but DAL/UAL/WN/NK/Alaska, etc could shift routes and planes far easier than the railroads can.