I alway arrive early, yet the airlines seem to have difficulty with departing on time. Then they blame it on weather, or ATC, or karma. But never the fact they create schedules that have them and every one of their competitors departing and arriving at the same time. It's a regular Angels vs pin topography who knew?
I would like to take up a collection to buy James and his wife a round-trip ticket on a small jet charter service. I have not had the luxury myself (yet?) but often dream of arriving at the airport on my own time, parking near the entrance to the private terminal, and enjoying a TSA-free and waiting line-free boarding experience. As it is, I loathe air travel, and the pain and stress are compounded for me as I literally cannot sit in economy class seats without my knees being jammed up against the seat in front of me.
True story. Last summer I traveled to Japan. I was flying out of Newark airport. I planned everything well so that I’d get there early enough. I was super on-time, even with going through TSA, etc. Everyone was standing at the gate anxiously. This was the day that the world-wide travel disruption happened because of what took place because of that “software update” (I don’t remember the name of it.) The net wait put me a day late, Japanese time. I was panicking trying to contact the company and the people who were awaiting me in Hiroshima. Upshot: Murphy’s Law will destroy a travel every time.
Ah, Roberta Flack had it right - "I felt he'd found my letters and read each one aloud." The whole piece is a perfect encapsulation of one very good reason not to go anywhere any more.
I inherited my father's on-time-is-ten-minutes-early scheduling philosophy -- scaled appropriately for air travel. I haven't missed a flight since 1997, when I failed to note the change to Daylight Savings Time and so left home an hour late for a Sunday morning flight from Memphis to Portland Oregon.
I alway arrive early, yet the airlines seem to have difficulty with departing on time. Then they blame it on weather, or ATC, or karma. But never the fact they create schedules that have them and every one of their competitors departing and arriving at the same time. It's a regular Angels vs pin topography who knew?
I would like to take up a collection to buy James and his wife a round-trip ticket on a small jet charter service. I have not had the luxury myself (yet?) but often dream of arriving at the airport on my own time, parking near the entrance to the private terminal, and enjoying a TSA-free and waiting line-free boarding experience. As it is, I loathe air travel, and the pain and stress are compounded for me as I literally cannot sit in economy class seats without my knees being jammed up against the seat in front of me.
True story. Last summer I traveled to Japan. I was flying out of Newark airport. I planned everything well so that I’d get there early enough. I was super on-time, even with going through TSA, etc. Everyone was standing at the gate anxiously. This was the day that the world-wide travel disruption happened because of what took place because of that “software update” (I don’t remember the name of it.) The net wait put me a day late, Japanese time. I was panicking trying to contact the company and the people who were awaiting me in Hiroshima. Upshot: Murphy’s Law will destroy a travel every time.
Ah, Roberta Flack had it right - "I felt he'd found my letters and read each one aloud." The whole piece is a perfect encapsulation of one very good reason not to go anywhere any more.
Spiritwise, I have never felt more kindred than I did reading this.
It was definitely reminiscent of a certain somebody.
I inherited my father's on-time-is-ten-minutes-early scheduling philosophy -- scaled appropriately for air travel. I haven't missed a flight since 1997, when I failed to note the change to Daylight Savings Time and so left home an hour late for a Sunday morning flight from Memphis to Portland Oregon.
If I ever fly again, it'll be in a C-130 with a load master saying "At least you take up less space than a Humvee."