Originally Posted by
wahoonc
My biggest beef with air travel is the general hassles involved, weather gets bit crappy...delays, somebody forgets to maintain aircraft...delays, overbooked an aircraft....delays, etc, etc. FWIW my wife works for a major airline as a Sr Flight Attendant, been at it for 25 years. The friendly skies aren't so friendly anymore and have become one big hassle. I still have to fly for work occasionally. The last 2 times I missed important meetings due to delays and cancellations. I would be royally po'ed if I had to miss a couple of vacation days due to crappy service.
We were discussing taking the QM2 over to England later this year...
Aaron
I totally agree with you on this. If I can avoid flying, I do. I can think of no other form of transportation, including driving a car, that pisses me off more, and I'm car-free. When I fly in the US, I sometimes get the feeling that we're inching dangerously close to third-world status. Well, actually, that's not fair to the third world...