Mistakes by Amtrak management made prior to Covid disruptions certainly foreshadow current operating problems. However, they are hardly foreign to any US company. Why? To survive in our hyper “capitalist” economy, revenue in the short run always trumps a service model, no matter the long term consequences.
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