What are the rough costs of
- constructing, and
- maintaining
a kilometer of a 1+1 road and single track rail? Is rail at all competitive in this regard?
^(I realise it also depends on the type of cargo – I’m curious about rail transporting everything as was the case in the 1800s)
Airports aren’t nationalized in the USA. They are usually set up by local governments to facilitate trade.
The FAA must be an hallucination then. There is no ATC, no TSA, no ILS, no airways or airspace, no radar or radios.
Sure airlines might pay for their own parking and facilities, might pay for a cushy spot to place your butt while you wait. They might pay for things that you the sheep see as you’re herded this way and that, but none of that is important to flying