FIVE FOLLIES OF FLYING

Five Follies of Flying

1.    Standing in line -  Whether at check-in, security or boarding, is it necessary? There has to be some other way to move people more efficiently?  I haven’t counted how much time is used up standing in line and the only redeeming feature I have found is having an interesting conversation with someone while standing there.

2.    The two guys in the row ahead (or behind) who think they have to talk over the noise of the engines and annoy everyone within eight feet in every direction. -  Do they like the sound of their own voices or are they hearing impaired?   Give your fellow passengers cooped up in the steel cocoon a break and tone it down, please.

3.    Choppy air, least that’s what the captain calls it – It shakes you up and down, back and forth and it often requires the seat belt sign and return to your seat message just after you have gotten into the lavatory. 

4.    The disappearance of most amenities on domestic flights – They are often crowded, uncomfortable and the food (?) is lousy if it even exists.  I know it’s about keeping the flights as full as possible for the sake of revenue and some airlines have actually provided more space but at a higher price of course.  Snack boxes?  Are you serious?

5.    Narrow seats and fellow flyers who take up more than their fair share of space – They drape over the arm rest to the point of being selfish space hogs and this is unlikely to change as it would be an insult to have bigger seats for which these extra big people would have to pay more.

You can add your own to this list that I compiled recently while being stuck in 14C.  At least it was an aisle seat that I had because I paid extra to board early.  Ah, the joy of being on the road in our own space, at our own pace and, not up in the air!