Interesting comment from Terry Tamminen, the former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Policy Advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger of California.
"When the high-speed rail authority in California qualified the bond measure to put a bond on the ballot to build high-speed rail from north to south California, Herb Kelleher, who was the chief executive of Southwest, said, "We've got a $20 million war chest sitting here at Southwest to advertise against that and kill it if it ever comes in front of the voters."
Nice. Glad I always fly United. They are not against high speed rail in California, because they can see it as a partner, and could even possibly be the operator of the system. They understand that they are in the transportation business, and high speed rail has been proven worldwide to be an effective form of transportation. Instead of small, expensive planes feeding United flights, they see the worth of a network of trains feeding their planes.
Why doesn't Southwest? Why are they ready to fight? Why fly Southwest?
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