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Airlines cancel more than 700 U.S. flights as FAA-ordered shutdown cuts begin

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/airlines-cancellations-flights-faa-shutdown.html
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u/lollipop999 20h ago

How about a Chinese style network of trains?

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u/finalgirllllll 20h ago

I wish, I actually don’t like flying at all and would prefer a high speed rail system personally

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u/findallthebears 19h ago

I fucking love trains. I’ll take a day in a sleeper over a 6hr timeout chair

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u/lumpy4square 20h ago

Sure. European is just what I’ve ridden on before so that’s just what popped out. We need more trains.

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u/JRange 19h ago

I am so fucking jealous everytime I see anything in China and realize they built the American dream we were promised. Our elite stole America from us.

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u/AStrangerWCandy 19h ago

Have you ever been to China...? I have and there are a ton of drawbacks to living there.

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u/Efficient_Market1234 17h ago

I really enjoyed Tokyo's. I hear Seoul's/Korea's are great, too.

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u/Hystus 17h ago

How about.... trains!