Worm eaters?
Ha!
I'd rather go to the dentist than have to fly somewhere. I feel for those who have to fly for their work...That would suck bad...Having to deal with flying buses, airports, while sniffed, scanned, x-rayed, searched, etc. just became too much...Then breathing each others body fumes for hours while on the flying bus, seated next to some obese slob that smells like a camp fire....later with that.
Thank God I do not have to participate in any of that flying bus BS.
>>. I feel for those who have to fly for their work..<<
I appreciate the sentiment but it is actually OK. Of course, I always get upgraded to 1st class so I don’t have to be packed in with that classic fat dude we all see and pray to avoid.
Like I said, as part of Trusted Traveler, I spend about 5 minutes or less in line — no wanding or X-rays.
And I get to see a lot of the country — this month it is Washington DC (and Mrs. FD got to spend a lot of times at the museums which she loves), a few weeks ago it was NYC and my hotel window was across from the new Freedom Tower build (it is amazing how small the footprints of the WTC were).
Us humans are eminently adaptable — you can get used to anything. My commute is a few hours for the whole week. Most people have 10+ hours (an hour each way to work, 5 days a week). I almost always am in short walking distance from the work location.
After the first few months it can be a bit of a hassle — but when you cement elite status (airlines and hotel), it can work out nicely.
As far as people who won’t fly because they don’t like the idea of the TSA? Hey, if you let a few minutes of discomfort restrict your freedom of movement, I can only laugh.
the strip searches and the naked xrays were just the last straw.....flying has become so uncomfortable, so inhuman, tedious as well as expensive that I just as soon drive anywhere....I did that just last year by myself..clear across the US....I listend to talk radio and music and enjoyed every minute...