[Tigerized]

You know, it would probably be helpful to have a person at the front of the train to control it.

Yes, but that would mean that indivdual would have to take personal responsibility for the safe operation of the train.

And since the guy at the controls has been identified as a gay and union activist, he's obviously above any sort of blame.

Nope, lets focus on the Republicans and the lack of automated controls instead of the guy who pushed the speed up over 100 mph in a 50 mph zone.

Yeah, that's the ticket.

[Buckeye McFrog]

This time next year the automated controls will be in place, and the train will basically be running on autopilot.

Yet we will still be paying union scale to an engineer to sit in the locomotive.