Why Airlines Are Swapping Planes For Buses - Need2Know 

Maybe this will push many Americans to demand better public transit in our country.

A business owner from CT told us about how his company didn't lay off anyone during the 2008 recession. Instead they cut payroll and let their employees know that they had no idea when they would go back to their normal salaries, but they were doing the best they could to get by. By 2010, they were on top of all of their competitors and able to give raises compared to the pre-recession salary. The spanish flu only lasted 2 years, and given COVID had a much lower mortality rate, it is moronic to think there wouldn't be some airlines that planned on demand returning to 2019 levels within a year or two. It's so expensive to retrain employees and even more so for pilots, so why airlines don't try other strategies besides laying off and early retirement just boggles my mind.

So in short: Americans discover public transport Do you know what would be even better? A dense network of railroads that you don't need a slow (or expansive) car or a plane for a 300 km trip.

Of course you may end up on a bus, Airbus is the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world /s

My question would be if you pay for a flight and get a bus instead, are you paying flight rates or what busses would normally cost? Cause if a bus is normally cheaper, be better to just go and get a bus in the first place.

I hope that all over the world they build highspeed rails for short distance travel. It will help everyone. Imagine if all major cities/airports have a highspeed rail connection -- it will make so many things efficient, and also the scenery in train travel is really nice during the whole journey when compared to air travel :)

You would be on trains if it weren't for the US's terrible infrastructure

Why don't they just build a train line?? Oh My Goodness! High Train Speed trains are way better for Sub 250mile trips. And the trains don't even have to reach speeds of 220miles per hour they can top out at 110-125mph and they will end up being the faster and better choice. Eventually it will happen, the next generation wants trains and a better public transportation as a whole.

Sounds like a perfect solution would be..... TRAINS!

0:41 the bailout were technically meant for furloughed employees but the corporate goons instead used for stock buy-backs ..... Feels like a big omission

So you are bringing a bunch of people from a fixed location A at a fixed time, to a fixed location B to a fixed time. And you are using buses that can stuck in traffic for hours. Are Americans even aware that trains can be used for people too, not only for cows?

America will do anything but building high speed railway

Short distance flights should be banned for environmental reasons anyway, and it’s likely to be faster or equal to your actual destination: flying from Amsterdam to Paris leaves you at the airport, from which you need to take the train or bus to the city center. The train trip is effectively shorter.

Sun Country has been using buses for the last few years, getting passengers from small to mid-size communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin, to their main hub in Minneapolis. There is a up side to that, it's cheaper to take the bus than to park at the airport.

It's time we finally get speed rails in the US just like Asia and Europe has had for decades now.

You know what would also help? Not having the cost to get all your training done $90k + 1,500 hours of flight time until you can apply to a regional airline

I don't like this format, a bit too executive. Like news on tv. I preferred the RU-vid format

Next stop, Trains!

I bet if the paid a better salary finding pilots wouldn’t be an issue. But honestly, why not trains?? Build more trains!

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Ill be honest, if i purchased a plane ticket and they put me on a bus I would Sue

Is this the time for the rise of public transportation?

Pilot pay shortage

We need high speed rail

If you paid pilots a decent wage and for the time they need to travel to the airport and back, not just for when they’re in the air, then maybe you would have more willing bodies in seats.

LOL. Lobby against public transportation infrastructure for 70+ years, switch to buses to further overload crappy infrastructure.

no on buys a plane ticket, to get a bus. Im all for busses, and even more for trains, public transportation in the US needs to on par with Japan and the UK, and we need the grow our bike culture to match that of Sweden and Denmark. BUT when some one buys a plane ticket, they should be getting a plane ride, not a bus ride.

Oh yeah, let me change this flight that could take a dew hours to California to this shitty bus that'll take 2 days and I'll miss Mt daughter's wedding. Great

So rather than trying to fix the pilot shortage by trying to minimize the financial burden of becoming a pilot they rather outsource cheap labor instead. Classic

This is the result of not investing in train infrastructure

Airline: Fires many pilots during a difficult time. Also Airline: Wonders why they don't come back. --> Add surprised Pikachu Meme here

You know what would be nice? Bullet trains or any other high speed train

Mainstream media is dying. Cheddar: "let's do a similar format as mainstream media"

I didn't expect Cheddar to become a generic professional kind of news channel with news anchors and TV like presentation

Well heck if we're going to buses we should ride trains

Cheddar is going downhill very fast in 2022.

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If you want to travel by bus you buy yourself a bus ticket but if you buy a airplane ticket you expect to be in the air in a plane!

nah bro...if I pay for a flight, that bus better be a plane,.

High Speed Rail! Get the airlines involved too! Get them invest in the rail, let them run their own trains to offset fuel price and operating cost of airplanes.

The industry likes using the term "Pilot Shortage", but there's really no shortage of people willing to fly. They just don't want to do it for $25k a year.

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I’d be pissed to find my route had a bus leg. Yikes.

Becoming a pilot is nearly impossible nowadays. It's incredibly expensive to get all of your ratings, and then building your hours is also extremely difficult. The FAA says congratulations you are now a commercial pilot. But nobody actually hires you at 250 hours. Good luck finding a job. Doesn't help that the 1500 hour rule doesn't let us fly for airlines until we reach that amount.

Imagine paying for a plane and ending up on a bus.

This will be better for the environment at least

Buses are not the answer, trains are.

It’s like at Newark if you take United to Allentown you have to take a bus from your gate so that means you have to go through TSA just to take a hour and a half bus ride smh

How about... Trains

US commercial pilot shortages long precede Covid19 - Airline companies have been pushing sown pilot salaries and as a result far fewer people are willing to complete the long and expensive training needed in return for lousy pay.. Simple market economics- poor pay and conditions = fewer applicants.

Does anyone else remember that plane crash where the black box had recorded the pilots talking about how they needed food stamps? I guess it makes sence if airports don't actually make their money from flights that paying pilots a living wage is difficult. Are these busses that wouldn't otherwise be running making the drivers take extra shifts or are they just going to be diverted from the lines they where intended to service?

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Build a damn train.

Not a fan of this style of news reporting from Cheddar. This feels cheap compared to the higher quality videos you guys have made in the past

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In China most short domestic trips are done with the high speed rail system as its much more time efficient

*Cheddar…* why are you doing this to your channel? This fake "local news" format is so bad, all of your recent videos have had tons of dislikes as a result. Your subscribers clearly don't like it, why are you continuing with something that clearly doesn't work?

Fewer planes and huge increase in violence in European countries and large American cities. Sounds like our vacations are going to be shorter distances, and out of the way, no normal holiday vacations to Florida or Chicago. And with all of the busloads of Illegals arriving in Washington DC, we wont be going there, either. I'll spend my vacation thousands in local areas and states.

In the midst of the shutdown, there were Australians who booked flights to nowhere. They took off, flew around, then landed at the same airport.

Here's a wild idea. How about high speed trains? And if that doesn't sound sexy, call it something trendy-yet-stupid like "Hyperloop".

the USA really needs to develop its railway networks. here is an idea, why not build 200 mph lines from major railway stations in each state leading to Kansas, and have all the end/state stations connected by a circular line.

Can't you all use Airbus in the America's? Its a Aircraft and a Bus Airbus. Simple fixed all our problems in Europe.

Such a predictable problem... get rid of your pilots and they'll find something else to do and maybe not come back. Surprise?

Well no one wants to go thru the financial crippling 4 year degree of 80k base then spend almost the same or more to get the hours to be certified. So I said scratch the first option and train them in simulator then a plane. Boom problem solved.

I don't understand the surge in flying, flights are costing more right now lol, why would more people buy flights?

That's why I always walk to my vacation spots

Hire Russian pilots, most of them will be twiddling their thumbs soon enough as the industry runs out of spare parts for those hijacked planes.

Maybe if the system for becoming an airline pilot wasn’t absolute shit, where people have to struggle to get flying hours with little or no pay then these airlines wouldn’t have these shortages now.

It would help if the airline CEOs didn't just give all the bailout money to themselves as bonuses and then cry that they can't find pilots (because they refuse to pay pilots enough).

I guess this is America’s version of Airbus

Americans hate public transportation so much I won't be surprised if there's an uptick in private air travel 🤣

If I spend the money for a plane ticket and you stick me on a greyhound bus, I would go F-ing bezerk!

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If only ther was a better way to travel short distances city to city... I don't know, like.... a train?

So you pay for an airline ticket and they put you on a bus?! That’s ridiculous a bus is so much cheaper

I mean why were there ever flights to connect that; a 2 hr bus ride is not that bad at all, plus less security time maybe

Weird when they could have made deals with Greyhound. Just like Amtrak stupid bus service.

Well, on the plus side buses have started offering business class and 1st class seating, so there's that.

The buses ... USA you are so funny, do not change anything it is perfect.

Might as well rename themselves to "American Buslines" since they fired their most important workers!

Not a fan of this overly produced format that is trying to copy network TV at all.

Here in canada we normaly run busses between cities not unlike a greyhound. Kinda funny that american flight companies are getting into the business of bussing. Makes sense though since alot of states don't have good long distance land travel other than taking your car. Good to have redundancy!

Wow and they said pilot was a bad job they seem to be getting some leverage for pay negotiations

Too many pilots were flying Max 😆

This makes sense, as many airlines started as freight companies.

Alot of air freight is shipped by truck so why not busses for people??

Why can’t we just have bridges that go to the countries or hyper loops

Now everyone will just drive to the main airport and park there instead.

I would be pissed if I was paying for a flight but get a bus ride instead.

Do I at least still get a bag of pretzels and half-can cup of Sprite?

We at Newark had this for years guys you can go from Allentown to EWR on a bus

only in America could you pay for a plane and be put on a bus instead...

I don’t think those cushions can be used as floatation devices.

We need to stop bailing out the airlines. This is crazy.

How long until we have fully autonomous airplanes?

didn't a lot of pilots quit over the vaccine mandates?

I LOVE BUSES I LOVE BEING GROUNDED. ALL WE NEED IS GOOD WIFI AND I AM GOOD TO GO

Airlines don't want to pay to train This pilot shortage is of their own making

They shouldn’t of done stock buybacks.

Can’t have trains though too dangerous or something…