Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in
news:g7gn1h$8kt$1@aioe.org:

> Frankly, if I have to sit next to a "talker" on an airplane, I'd
> rather he be on his phone rather than trying to constantly start an
> inane conversation with me... ;-)
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I flew worldwide for a living for years...government class steerage
passengers. I got to the point even the thought of going to the airport
would make me sick. I figured my statistical success for a successful
flight was getting smaller all the time. Yeah, it was mildly profitable
but having no life of your own at the company's bidding 24/7 also makes you
wonder if the money is worth wasting your life away.

I still hate airplanes, but can be tempted to fly down to pick up a
sailboat to bring back and have done it many times in recent years, but
that's for pleasure, not for work. Other than that...I'd rather not go to
the airport for any reason....