Yeah, this is probably why we wont see it for a while. It looks like a nice idea, but it would kill Southwest's business regionally.
but if it brings more customers to their new international routes then maybe that will be more than worth it to lose some inter-Texas travelers?
What does that even mean? Is Sugarland supposed to be nice or something? I really don't leave the inner loop. It's my comfort zone, and there are rapists out there.
United has fired a retaliatory strike. They are going to lay off 1,300 in Houston shortly. http://blog.chron.com/houstonpolitics/2012/05/united-to-cut-houston-jobs/
Sugar Land is arguably the safest spot in Houston (even if it's gotten worse the last few years, still better than most places in Houston). That and Pearland. Ah those bastards. Stay classy United.
That's r****ded. Like how it's stated in the article, competition won't arrive until 2015 which leaves United 3 years of lone service to the embattled routes. Oh United mad.
Southwest should offer to hire every single person they lay off. That'd be some nice dirt in United's eye.
While I find the T acceptable, I'd rather see the triangle. I10, I35, I45. Much more direct, and time saving for daily commuters living in the different cities.
If u gonna get raped, u gonna get raped in the inner loop. Probably close to the bus station on Fannin and Webster.
http://www.texasbusiness.com/traffic-jams-and-high-speed-rail-cms-4347 I can't find the article, but the one above touches briefly on the HSR and Southwest's opposition. The article I was looking for stated that SW has warmed to the HSR idea in recent years.
United Global Services member here -- I'm really disappointed in United's behavior in this episode. I'm emailing Jeff. I've sat next to him on a few flights home from Chicago.
Continental opposed it too until THIS plan was proposed that connects downtown with the airports. But now that everybody hates United and SWA can do no wrong, I am sure that SWA would oppose this because we wouldn't have a rail line from downtown to HOU and it directly competes with their most profitable routes. Continental could care less about earning a profit for IAH-DFW. They just wanted to hold onto market share and feed into their more profitable international routes.
