[newnhdad]

One one trip, I was seated near a person that smelled like a bag of boiled onions dipped in rotting fish and a guy who was eating sour cream and chive chips and licking his fingers and wiping them on the seatback in front of him.
It was only a 70 minute flight and I spent most of it in the toilet.

[SMGFan]

in toilet as an escape?

Bus toilet(Greyhound) are no escapes. :( Out of the frying pan into the fire.

[grania]

I don't fly anymore. To the extreme that two times in one year I took AMTRAK from Cleveland to Baltimore for cruises. It's a long ride, especially for someone with odd sleeping habits. But problems like this odor situation can be avoided. There's a viewing car that's open all night. If one is sitting next to a problem person, one can stay there instead. Or easily get a seat change if the train has empty seats.

Flying has become unpleasant for so many reasons. The way they cram extra seats on every plane is not healthy, comfortable, or pleasant. It's not going to change as long as flyers will endure these indignities (plus being treated like cattle with mad cow disease at airports) because they want cheap tickets.