Which of the following resources from The Airport Improvement Program (AIP) can give you a starting place for a local story?

______ is the practice by some airlines of selling more seats than exist on a flight, based on historical performance, to protect themselves from no-shows.

True or false: U.S. airlines are government-regulated, meaning there is federal control over things as fares, routes, and market entry of new airlines.

True or false: The railroad industry, trucking and bus operators, and shipping lines all have separate regulators.

True or false: Commercial air travel is by far the safest form of travel in the U.S.

True or false: Even if they’re not willing to be quoted, a conversation with a transportation industry worker can be valuable.

True or false: Yield management is, at its core, the science of extracting the most money out of customers based on their willingness (or need) to fly.

_____ is the percentage of available seats occupied by paying passengers.

True or false: Both privately held and publicly traded commercial transportation companies have to disclose details of their operations to various federal, and sometimes state or local, government agencies.

Railroads must file with the ________ if they want to abandon services that generate little traffic or are no longer used.