Why fly?
Exactly, I racked up over a million miles. But now I fly maybe once a year. If I can drive I do it. If I can handle it over the phone I do that. The more I avoid the airport the better I feel. Its a huge waste of time. And I hate not knowing what crap they are going to have a problem with this time.
Airlines need to understand that there are several people who are just not going to Europe. because of crime. And they aren’t getting on short routes because of the TSA. The economy is good. But flying goes right along with the NFL, movies and liberal cites. You just don’t have to o. So stay home or drive to a national park. Its a quiet boycott of liberal stupidity.
Ya, I was traveling a high level for 5 years starting in the late 80’s out of Houston. 50k miles per year. I could arrive at an airport on hour before departure, check an equipment chest into air freight, check a bag, clear security and make it to the plane with no running.
After 9/11, it got slooooooow and sometimes weird in the airport. Got so fed up with how long everything took both at the departure and arrival end that I started driving lots. My benchmark was 8 hours, If I could drive anywhere in 8 hours, I do that instead of fly. The travel time point to point was close enough to the same that I took to the road instead of dealing with the irritations of flying.
About 8 years ago, I had a chance for a head to head comparison of flying vs. driving. I drove Atlanta to Jacksonville and later in the day met up with my boss who flew ATL to JAX. We did our several days work in JAX then about 90 minutes before his flight I dropped him off at the airport while I hit the road back to ATL. We both lived about 45 miles north of ATL airport and he arrived home about 15 minutes ahead of me for my ca. 6 hour drive. If he had not been heading into the hometown with a personal car in parking and instead had messed with a rental car instead, I would have easily beat him on travel time.