The only airline providing service for our town announces that because the service is unprofitable, it will discontinue this service next year. Town officials have urged the community to use the airline's service more frequently so that the airline will change its decision. There is no reason to comply with their recommendation, however, for just last week these same officials drove to an out-of-town conference instead of flying.
The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it presumes, without providing justification, that
A. Increasing the number of tickets sold without increasing ticket prices will be sufficient to make continued air service economically feasible.
B. Suspending service and losing money by continuing service are the airline's only options.
C. The town officials paid for their trip with taxpayers' money rather than their own money.
D. Ground transportation is usually no less expensive than airplane transportation.
E. If the town officials did not follow their own advice, then that advice is not worth following.
Please help with reasoning.
The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it presumes, without providing justification, that
A. Increasing the number of tickets sold without increasing ticket prices will be sufficient to make continued air service economically feasible.
B. Suspending service and losing money by continuing service are the airline's only options.
C. The town officials paid for their trip with taxpayers' money rather than their own money.
D. Ground transportation is usually no less expensive than airplane transportation.
E. If the town officials did not follow their own advice, then that advice is not worth following.
Please help with reasoning.
