Yes, you mentioned this further back. Yes, that's not good. But that's Standard Operating Procedure of the corporate world so singling out Amtrak probably isn't fair, quasi public entity or not. (I'm wondering how big of a bonus Southwest is going to give themselves.)

And yes, it is bad that Wyoming does not have any Amtrak service, along with southern Montana. I know that they did some half-arsed studies a few years ago about reinstating the Pioneer and North Coast Limited that went absolutely anywhere. I don't know the long-range practicality of reinstating a transcontinental passenger route through Wyoming, especially since Union Pacific does not care for sharing their tracks with Amtrak. The better option would probably be some Front Range corridor service that would link Cheyenne to Pueblo or something like that and connect with the Zephyr and maybe the Chief for long-distance service.