That may be the point, but even ships carry cattle!
But, I get your views on flying. Used to love flying. Now, when I have to, it is a stressful chore, not something to enjoy.
Getting to that point, too. I still always get a good window seat (how people can sit in a window seat, close the shade, and stare at an electronic screen completely escapes me...), but the dress and conduct of many (most?) passengers is disconcerting. That and of course submitting to TSA groping. A far, far cry from when my mother would drop me off at the Burbank airport (as in pull up in front on the curb and let me out) when I was nine and send me on my way. Long international flights last month... I might be done.