If airports could stop being unpredictable, that would make train travel not worth the time and money premium.
But with COVID, airports added an extra hour of recommended time for both domestic and international, and security is staffed for the median, not the peak, so it looks like we can expect no improvement there.
It's also quite convenient compared to all the actions required to board an airplane... Just hop on and off straight from the city center. If only governments stopped advantaging flying at the expense of trains.
But with COVID, airports added an extra hour of recommended time for both domestic and international, and security is staffed for the median, not the peak, so it looks like we can expect no improvement there.