I’ll be honest, I avoid flying as much as possible. 9/11 is part of the reason; it made flying the most miserable experience. A what should be a 1 hour flight is a 4 hour ordeal.
Now hear me out on this, flying in Japan is simple and easy and pretty much hassle free, so it’s just flying in the US.
Flying in the US used to be fun. Now it’s Papers Please.
If the place is close enough, you may as well drive there. There is every possible hassle you can imagine. Sit in a shit aluminum can; you’re thankful if you get a cup of water and a tiny snack bag (last time I didn’t even get that); you’re subjected to getting a free massage prior to entering after a complementary radiation exposure and a free maybe a reach around, you can’t bring your own drinks, so go ahead and buy the $7 bottle of water, luggage is limited so we can put a skid in the storage bay to make money on shipping, your luggage may or may not arrive, and please be sure to arrive two hours earlier or more in peak seasons so we can let you know your flight is overbooked, so enjoy paying twice to four times for the same shit you can get outside the airport. I hope you like your luggage rummaged through, we do it just for fun now even though there’s xray scanners. Do you enjoy having the most uncomfortable seat possible? Of course you do, now shut the fuck up. There’s more to this rant, but I figure that paint’s the picture.
So it’s the after affects of 9/11; flying in the US is terrible. I hate it. Don’t get me started when Southwest canceled my flight 6 times and I ended up just driving home with a rental. What a waste of a week.
Just as bad here in Australia. I hate flying and just don’t do it. Even if the drive is 3 days.
The worst part is, all these measures are laughably ineffective at preventing anything when it was actually tested, with a 95% fail rate. Security theatre.
Depends on the airport and airline, obviously. We have a small “international” airport in my town that connects to all the major hubs. No lines, security is quick. I’ll show up an hour before takeoff and still have time for a beer before boarding. And in my experience, reentering is faster and easier than ever, even somewhere like O’Hare.
Honestly, my least favorite part about air travel is the other travelers. We’ve been doing this shit for decades but people still don’t take things out of their pockets and bags until they’re at the scanner. There’s TSA agents yelling, “Phones out, jackets off, laptops out of bags” etc., and some people just completely ignore it.
And then the people who don’t have their passport/boarding pass ready…
There’s some okay airports. I have to fly with the more annoying ones. TPA/ATL/JFK/DFW. I think a big issue is how over-priced everything is. Even though the vending machines in Japans airports were priced a bit higher, they were still a great deal. Same with food in Koreas airports. I will avoid flying out of JFK if I can, that’s probably one of the worst airports I’ve been in.
Oh dear, last week someone started chomping on a garbage hoagie made with real garbage on the bus. Like, what kind of barnyard are these people raised in?
I’ll be honest, I avoid flying as much as possible. 9/11 is part of the reason; it made flying the most miserable experience. A what should be a 1 hour flight is a 4 hour ordeal.
Now hear me out on this, flying in Japan is simple and easy and pretty much hassle free, so it’s just flying in the US.
Flying in the US used to be fun. Now it’s Papers Please.
If the place is close enough, you may as well drive there. There is every possible hassle you can imagine. Sit in a shit aluminum can; you’re thankful if you get a cup of water and a tiny snack bag (last time I didn’t even get that); you’re subjected to getting a free massage prior to entering after a complementary radiation exposure and a free maybe a reach around, you can’t bring your own drinks, so go ahead and buy the $7 bottle of water, luggage is limited so we can put a skid in the storage bay to make money on shipping, your luggage may or may not arrive, and please be sure to arrive two hours earlier or more in peak seasons so we can let you know your flight is overbooked, so enjoy paying twice to four times for the same shit you can get outside the airport. I hope you like your luggage rummaged through, we do it just for fun now even though there’s xray scanners. Do you enjoy having the most uncomfortable seat possible? Of course you do, now shut the fuck up. There’s more to this rant, but I figure that paint’s the picture.
So it’s the after affects of 9/11; flying in the US is terrible. I hate it. Don’t get me started when Southwest canceled my flight 6 times and I ended up just driving home with a rental. What a waste of a week.
Just as bad here in Australia. I hate flying and just don’t do it. Even if the drive is 3 days.
The worst part is, all these measures are laughably ineffective at preventing anything when it was actually tested, with a 95% fail rate. Security theatre.
Wow I’m surprised to hear that.
The totalnl number of TSA prevented terrorism since 9/11 is zero, AFAIK.
I’m pretty sure it was just a “jobs” program. Can’t say unemployment is up when you make fake jobs. Kind of like the greeter at Costco, idiocracy.
Depends on the airport and airline, obviously. We have a small “international” airport in my town that connects to all the major hubs. No lines, security is quick. I’ll show up an hour before takeoff and still have time for a beer before boarding. And in my experience, reentering is faster and easier than ever, even somewhere like O’Hare.
Honestly, my least favorite part about air travel is the other travelers. We’ve been doing this shit for decades but people still don’t take things out of their pockets and bags until they’re at the scanner. There’s TSA agents yelling, “Phones out, jackets off, laptops out of bags” etc., and some people just completely ignore it.
And then the people who don’t have their passport/boarding pass ready…
There’s some okay airports. I have to fly with the more annoying ones. TPA/ATL/JFK/DFW. I think a big issue is how over-priced everything is. Even though the vending machines in Japans airports were priced a bit higher, they were still a great deal. Same with food in Koreas airports. I will avoid flying out of JFK if I can, that’s probably one of the worst airports I’ve been in.
I hate it because of people. I also am tired of public transit for the same reason.
Riding the trains in Japan in silence was a bliss.
Oh come on, in a week you’ll miss people clipping their nails during rush hour!
You’re forgetting the smells.
Oh dear, last week someone started chomping on a garbage hoagie made with real garbage on the bus. Like, what kind of barnyard are these people raised in?
You sure they didn’t just get Subway?