Originally Posted by
jamesgrainge
It's the whole time vs cost thing isn't it? If you have to do security etc for two hours before at the airport, bit of a pain, if the costs were the same however I would fly every time. People feel safer by train than in the sky as well I would generalise.
1 hour at airport plus 1 hour ish flight = 2 hours. train is 3 - 3 1/2 hours plus 15 mins before it goes. so train takes more than twice as long. why would people feel safer on a train than on a plane? you are also guaranteed a seat on a plane.