Up, Up and Away.
By Kandase
@Kandae11 (53679)
May 9, 2018 9:34am CST
Six things I dislike about airports and air travel - sometimes I wish that I could travel anywhere by car, train or ship.
(1) You cannot get out of a plane in flight if you feel the urge to do so. Unless you plan to sky dive like the couple in the above photo.
(2) After packing my belongings neatly in my suitcase, I hate having them tumbled about and searched .
(3) I really dislike filling out forms at airports.
(4) I think the meals are awful.
(5) Two hours into a flight I feel stuffy and stifled -- someone did say a plane is like an air- conditioned coffin.
(6) I hate missing a flight and the experience of lost luggage. One Christmas I missed my flight home and was forced to spend Christmas day in a hotel.
I would say the best thing I like about flying is that moment when the plane gathers speed , leaves the runway and takes off into the skies - up, up and away.
What do you like and dislike about air travel? Any memorable experiences?
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
9 May 18
You just about covered all the bases. Add long waits and taking off shoes and all that security jazz. Crowded sardine conditions unless you travel first class.
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
10 May 18
@Melanie_Marie Truth is that flying is the securest means of transportation.
I prefer travelling by train, though. Pity that some distances can't be covered in this way.
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@Melanie_Marie (1770)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
10 May 18
..And the fact that almost all planes crash. 
(JK) 
Don't even listen to me
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
9 May 18
I get motion sickness unless I am in a window seat. I loved looking out and being on top of the clouds :)
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
9 May 18
my trip on an airplane was a success, the food was Great and there were very few passengers so we were able to occupy the 4 seaters at the middle to stretch our back on the trip.
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
9 May 18
@Kandae11 wow such a long time flyer. Business or pleasure trips? or combination of both¿
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@just4him (306113)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 May 18
I love flying, but no, I would never jump out of a plane. The only thing that scares me is a possible crash.
There was a time when we connected a flight in Tucson and I had a strange feeling about the flight. The next day I found out the flight we were on had a near miss with another aircraft. That's scary.
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@just4him (306113)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 May 18
@Kandae11 I happened to hear the report about the plane the next day and when I asked my husband about it, he said it was the same plane we had arrived in Chicago on. We had traveled from San Diego to Chicago with a short layover in Tucson. I had that feeling when I boarded in San Diego, and worried about it the whole flight to Chicago. I was happy to hear the plane avoided an accident.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
9 May 18
I have never tried to travel through airplanes, I have motion sickness as well..
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
9 May 18
@Kandae11 yes, I am from an island so every time we want to go to mainland we ride boat or ship
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@ptrikha_2 (45467)
• India
17 May 18
Well on long flights I feel as if my body becomes very stiff. Also sometimes you have to hold your bladder as the washroom might night be free.
Also, even on some good planes, a bit of turbulence makes me feel a bit sick.
There was a plane where I felt so sick that I during stopover at an airport I had a bit of vomit.
Yet I do like the ability to travel long distances national or internationally a lot.
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@ptrikha_2 (45467)
• India
18 May 18
@Kandae11 but many people talk about sea sickness when travelling by sea.
@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
9 May 18
Everything hate it all, and that jumping out thing no too. Why jump out of a perfectly good air plane. Makes no sense.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
12 May 18
I have enjoyed the few flights I have been on - the airport hassle is less fun though
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
14 May 18
@Kandae11 the food on airlines is pretty poor
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
10 May 18
What I don't like most is when the plane takes off and rises into the sky. I feel nauseous. I Iike to take a plane because it is faster and there will not be too much delay on the road.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
10 May 18
@Kandae11 I don't like it because I'm carsick. If you don't get carsick, you'll feel good about it. It's like taking an elevator. I also feel uncomfortable.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
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10 May 18
@caopaopao I avoid elevators as much as possible. I would take the stairs if it isn't more than seven flights up.
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
10 May 18
I dislike airports and air travels for all the same reasons. I hated the 12 hours long flight from France to Los Angeles, not to count the two hours you have to be at the airport before the flight. I agree that a plane is an air conditioned coffin.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
10 May 18
the last time i flew was last 2009 when i, my mother, and my son attended the wedding of a nephew.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
11 May 18
@Kandae11 that is good. the first and last time that i rode on a ship was when we had our rural health practice program (post-nursing) in an island here in 1981. incidentally, i posted a birthday greeting for a colleague and i attached a picture of the 4 of us and the navy men we befriended.
@snowy22315 (169939)
• United States
10 May 18
I like flying but not being crammed into a seat..the middle seat ugh!
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@snowy22315 (169939)
• United States
10 May 18
@Kandae11 Yeah, I haven't flown for years..but I was contemplating it on this trip..I couldn't find a decent fare though..besides then I wouldn't have a car when I was up there.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
9 May 18
An air-conditioned coffin, that's a good one! I don't like planes at all and have never been on one and don't intend to ever be in one. I prefer to travel by automobile or boat.
I'm waiting till we have jet packs where I can control the speed to do any air travelling.
I don't like planes at all and have never been on one and don't intend to ever be in one. I prefer to travel by automobile or boat.
I'm waiting till we have jet packs where I can control the speed to do any air travelling.1 person likes this
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
9 May 18
@Kandae11 I don't blame you. I feel that way too. Thankfully, there is nowhere where I really want to go as I really like where I live.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 May 18
Our recent experience of getting very ill after flying home from Texas sitting next to a sick passenger was the worst ever for me. The speed of "getting there," wherever there is the only advantage.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
9 May 18
I just hate the entire hassle flying has become. That's really it for me. It's become such a damn chore, and the whole time from entering the concourse to landing you are just trapped like a rat. I hate it. I have to do it from time to time. But I hate it.
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