Long lines, bad food, government officials feeling you up or patting you down and then sitting in a seat like a sardine for 2 hours. Have I mentioned how much I hate flying :-)
Elsbeth
Ps sitting at my gate right now -sigh-
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OTOH ...
... I love it but all mine is done with my feet on the ground, a transmitter in my hand and the aeroplane in the air :) I find it better for my health if I walk towards my crashes rather than be carried out by paramedics.
I haven't flown in a full size aeroplane since February 2001 - before the Twin Towers tragedy. I'll probably never fly commercially again, mainly because of all the security hassle and they won't let me visit the cockpit any longer. So I sympathise with your frustration while at the same time feeling guilty as my pension derives from my work in aerospace.
Robi
If You Really Hate Flying
Read Portia and the Double Whammy. Of course, if you liked the results, maybe you will want to go flying.
Portia
flying
i just don't fit in the planes they make them for short people not tall people
flying
I don't believe they make seating comfortable for most people anymore. I have never seen a more uncomfortable & unhappy group of people in my entire life. The only person who seemed pleased was the 3 year old. She had plenty of room.
-Elsbeth
Is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Béarla clíste.
Broken Irish is better than clever English.
I'm there with you.
Portland to Narobi, Portland to Bangkok,Portland to Tegucigalpa ... The list goes on. I will say that in the 60's it was a lot more fun. I think the planes flew faster then. And you could get Portland to New York direct; stuff like that. I think the seats were bigger and more leg room. NOPE don't anyone dare say that the seats are the same size and it is I ...
Even when I was Muslim, I could never master the, "I'm a terrorist", look. no one ever bothered me. I suppose if I tried to rob a bank, they'd just laugh at me. The one time I ever had any grief was when I did not understand the new electronic ticket thingie at the ticket desk and after two trips back from the Homeland security guy who checked my ticket, I started crying. Well, even today, a woman, even a Muslim woman crying makes men scramble like ... well you know. The sweet man, helped me to get my tickets and then I saw him heading for the man that made me cry.
Yep, I hate flying.
Best Flight
The electronic ticketing can make anyone cry. One almost bested me today :)
My best flight was when I flew back from Europe in a 747, the seats were so comfy and I had so much leg room I fell asleep. I never fall asleep while flying.
-Elsbeth
Is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Béarla clíste.
Broken Irish is better than clever English.
Airplanes.....
Portland to Bangkok, Taipei, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Phuket, Cebu, Singapore, Palawan, Saigon (oops, wrong name, sorry), just the first ones that popped into my head. I don’t mind the flying, I hate the airports. Once I am on the plane there are only two options, it either lands or it doesn’t, all out of my control, so might as well enjoy the wine. If I can get enough wine the next airport doesn’t seem so bad. It also seems the amount of wine has a direct relation to how fast the story ideas come to me, while spending 10 plus hours in a cigar tube that might land….
Stuffed Grapeleaves
I landed safely, so that's always a plus. :) The flight was as expected but was also a little different. Now I don't do a lot of flying, thank goodness but when the person sitting next to me broke out a container of stuffed grape leaves (i had to ask what they were, they looked like little cigars), a Mediterranean salad and then some hummus and pita it was a rather odd flight. The gentleman had a four course meal all ready to go.
I had a dry corn-beef on rye sandwich in the terminal yay me. :)
-Elsbeth
PS I did get to send a PM through the free WiFi while I was in the air. That was a first for me.
Is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Béarla clíste.
Broken Irish is better than clever English.