If 1,700 people were being paid government wages to make grits, they should have been fired long ago.
85,000 daily riders on 300 trains. I’d say that 1700 food service employees is reasonable. I hope the union will become genuinely optional, but the number of workers (presumably two shifts and seven days a week) is reasonable for that number of trains.
Fifty years ago Delta was a fun way to travel... you'd get to the airport 15 minutes before takeoff and run out to board your plane. Meals were included and seats were wide and comfortable. Guess we can assume Richard Anderson keep with the tradition of making travel a form of punishment for everyone except phony 'elites'...
I am probably the only person in the entire world reading about grits on FR as I was literally eating grits.
I have grits just about every morning, made by myself at home.
Still love trains but never ride on them.