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   Message 1,376 of 3,261   
   conklin to Stephen Sprunk   
   Re: NEC future report   
   14 Nov 14 16:36:40   
   
   From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Stephen Sprunk"  wrote in message   
   news:m42shg$18k$2@dont-email.me...   
   > On 06-Nov-14 18:24, conklin wrote:   
   >> Interesting report.  But at some point the airlines are going to have   
   >> to put large planes to work on the East Coast to carry future demand.   
   >> Many small airplanes simply clog up the runways.   
   >   
   > The trend is toward smaller planes because they can just bribe   
   > politicians to spend billions in taxpayers' money expanding airports.   
   >   
   >> Trains do not have the option of larger cars.   
   >   
   > Trains have the option of adding more cars, which is both more flexible   
   > and more cost-effective than replacing small planes with big planes.   
   >   
   > S   
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     I rather suspect that the slots cannot be increased in the Washington-DC   
   corridor, or even to Boston.   
      
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