So Much for Air Travel being 'Free Market'

I will say up front that in my opinion, all forms of transportation are subsidized by the government in one form or another. There is no such thing as a true libertarian market for transportation. If you disagree with this, you'll probably disagree with everything else I say here.

( Oh, but if it's MY pet project, it's an 'investment,' not a subsidy )

I expect that we'd see companies like Alaska/Horizon and SeaPort Airlines complaining bitterly about "government subsidies" if we got a true high- or medium-speed rail system under construction in the Pacific Northwest. But they're happy to tuck in to government subsidies for air travel public investment in critical air transportation services. Because of course air and highway travel isn't subsidized, oh no, never. I wish I was allowed to redefine terms so easily.

Thanks to Lisa for pointing out the story to me.