@tirebiter73 @Charles_Hawtrey I actually was on a flight from SoCal to NorCal during the Air Traffic Controller's strike. They gave everyone free alcoholic beverages..it was my 21st birthday so that's where I got my first *legal* drink 😄
They didn't want anyone to be n,n,n-nervous!
@Charles_Hawtrey @tirebiter73 Fortunately despite being nervous and consuming a couple of drinks people back in 1981 were a heck of a lot more pleasant to engage with. It was a very short flight from LAX to OAK though, had it been longer I suppose someone could have gotten ugly. Now days some people are disruptive and hostile even just taxiing out to the runway! 😖
I hate flying now, I remember when it used to be pleasurable, 9/11 had a lot to do with that unfortunately plus the airlines squeeze the penny so hard they melt now.
@Charles_Hawtrey @tirebiter73 Yeah..all of the rigmarole with security and limits to what you can take with you in carry on has been especially a pita since the shoe bomber. I flew after 9/11 and was able to still take cans of slim fast in my tote (was having problems swallowing food). After the idiot tried to detonate his shoes they started the whole 3 oz container limit in carry ons and shoe removal crap. People just aren't as pleasant after jumping through all the hoops before boarding.
I live in Peru now but try to get back to Mass at least once a year, no direct flights so it take anywhere from 12 - 14 hours including flying to usually Miami and having to get my luggage, throw it through the x-ray machine AGAIN, etc etc etc. It is a PITA.
@Charles_Hawtrey @tirebiter73 Am sure passengers from Peru probably spend more time waiting for their luggage to be scrutinized too..can't say I envy you on that issue.