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Not to assert the obvious, but the experiences of a very small number of people from AU -- regardless of which side of the debate they fall on -- cannot possibly be used to infer what's happening across the tens or hundreds of thousands of people using Red Caps around the Amtrak network. Short...

Not to assert the obvious, but the experiences of a small number of people from AU -- regardless of which side of the debate they fall on -- cannot possibly be used to infer what's happening across the tens or hundreds of thousands of people using Red Caps around the Amtrak network. Short of...

I do respect your opinion here. My take on that is that if Amtrak truly believed that the distances to its trains were an oppressive obstacle for its general boarding population, they would long ago have instituted a mass-pax system for moving them back and forth. Airports have done this where...

If you're having problems with your legs or they are not serving you at the standard of a normal, healthy, functioning adult, then that would certainly constitute a genuine need in my mind. You do need the help in this case, and you're asking for and getting it. I don't see a problem there.      

I haven't seen any name-calling going on here. But as one poster pointed out earlier today about whether using help when you don't need it delays or denigrates service levels to those who do, "There is no way to prove in this court of public opinion which is true." I agree that it cannot be...

Conductors will move you out of Lower Level if they determine the space is needed for mobility impaired passengers, so I don't think that's an issue. That's fair that your observations have shown that Red Caps are prioritizing correctly. My observations have shown me differently at times, hence...

Playing the Admin card now. And deleting posts you didn't like just because you can. A new low in this discussion.

  If it's impossible to know for sure how much you're negatively impacting others, why not just err on the side of putting the needs of others ahead of your own self-interests, some of which are awfully hard to defend such as laziness? It's just not a major sacrifice to make. Not in my book...

Nope, you had it wrong the first time and merely repeating your claim it doesn't substantiate its efficacy. I'm not asking for proof that it can't be done. I'm asking for proof that when one makes this choice, they are acting with 100% certainty every time that they are in no way ever negatively...

Yes, this has been one of your consistent hallmarks throughout this topic, and your defense of the practice doesn't get better with age or become any more compelling as you recycle it over and over and over again. When you can prove that the practice never results in delaying and/or denigrating...

Give it a rest Alan. Seriously!

Nothing new. Nothing insightful. Nothing informative. Cue the yawn.   

A few posters "have told you that people aren't being deprived of service." And?? Just because someone says something doesn't make it irrefutably true! Since nobody can possibly know how often this practice is negatively impacting others across the country on any given day, I wouldn't even take...

Give me a break and please resist the urge to pat yourself on the back. You have nothing to be crowing about here. Priority boarding as a group (that is those with First Class/Sleeper Class tickets) occurs all over the network and Amtrak has officially set it up that way. That's not the issue...

 And you fulfilled your ever-so-predictable nature of squeezing in the last word, meaningless as it is. Yay Ryan! As for me, I am out on the rails and enjoying myself, this conversation notwithstanding.  

Gee Alan, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, we have been through this too already. This goes way beyond just the incident in Seattle, which BTW I was finally able to confirm on the third day of the Builder when I was seated in the DC with the guy in question. I played dumb and asked...

Your critical thinking skills will set you free.

Alan B already beat you to the punch with the disabled passenger/no luggage query. Amtrak has an extensive safety net established for disabled folks, part of which they do call upon Red Caps to participate in. That's between Amtrak and the Red Caps. But I would be willing to bet my last dollar...

The only information Amtrak publishes about its Red Cap Service refers to it as a BAGGAGE HANDLING SERVICE. I'm still unable to find any reference substantiating that it is also a Bribe-Your-Way-To-The-Train-Early-Without-Luggage-Or-Other-Genuine-Needs Service. Your entitled to distort the Red...