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Whistleblower 'would not' put family on Boeing 787 jet (www.bbc.com)

submitted 7 months ago by BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, here we go. Trains are so much more pleasant. If they weren't 10 times as slow I would never fly.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

If they weren’t 10 times as slow I would never fly.

We have the tech for high speed rail, we just refused to build it because of lobbying (bribery), regulatory capture, and forced dependence on cars and planes.

[–] aeharding@vger.social 5 points 7 months ago

To me at least the speed isn’t a problem. I’d much rather take a 2 day Amtrak (in sleeper) than an 8 hour plane.

The problem is the pricing, and also how much it fluctuates due to the extremely low capacity (one train a day…)