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If it's only a 2-hour flight, there's probably a better way to get there.
Not in the U.S, generally
There is indeed in most of the world, in the form of intercity and high speed rail. There used to be the former in a way bigger proportion of North America than there is now.
If I find out my mother is dying and I want to make it there before she dies, I'd rather take a two-hour flight than a seven-hour drive.
So no, not always.
So, just take the flight in the rare case that it's an emergency, and otherwise check if there's a better option
We cannot have airlines that exist purely for emergencies unless they are so cost-prohibitive that they are only usable by the rich. In order to have airplanes criss-crossing the world for that purpose, they have to work on a regular basis.
That is not a tenable way to do things.
Or at least, there really should be