friday flyday

[michelepixels]

1. Travelling by plane - love it, hate it or other?
I love looking out the window and seeing the ground or city lights below. I LOVE when planes have maps in screens on the backs of seats so I can monitor our progress. I wish they'd tell us when we are about to travel over points of interest. Other than those marvels of geography and technology, I'm rather neutral about flying. Especially on the way home. It always takes so much longer getting home, it's exhausting. On the way there, my excitement and anticipation always gets me through.

2. Are you a regular or frequent flyer? Nope. Most of the flights I have done have been between the D.C. area and San Diego, though, to go visit my family. And we flew more -- about once a year -- when we my family was just 2 - 4 people. Now it's just too expensive. I've been back to visit my family only twice since 2013.

3. Longest flight you've been on? I've flown across the Atlantic Ocean to Paris once and Stockholm twice. The first time I went to Stockholm, in 1998, we flew first from L.A. to Newark, N.J., changed planes, then across the ocean, with a layover in Copenhagen before reaching Stockholm. I know I've also landed in Frankfurt, Germany, on one of those trips, but can't remember if it was when we also went to Paris the week before Stockholm (in 2000), or the last trip to Stockholm. And that last trip to Stockholm was only from Virginia/D.C./Baltimore (I can't remember which airport) because we'd moved to Virginia by then (it was 2002).

4. Do you or someone you know have pre-flight or in-flight rituals? I can't think of any. My husband had a lot of travel experience when we met and has had a lot since, with all the business travel he has done. Flying is a boring and uncomfortable ordeal for him to endure. My kids have all been easygoing travelers too.

 

[bellbird]

My friend said her fear of flying was cured after having airlines mess up their flights and they were stuck in two different airports over three days on the way to Europe. She said the relief to be finally on the plane overwrote her fear and she has been fine ever since.
My SIL on the other hand. No problem with flying at all. Had one horrendous flight (lots of turbulence and fly arounds to be able to land) and her the kids were so terrified that they hired a care, caught the boat back to Melbourne (Spirit of Tasmania) and drove home (to Inverell, 13 hour drive). Hasn't flown since.

oh wow - i cant even imagine being stuck in either scenerio!

 

[KimJ]

1. Travelling by plane - love it, hate it or other?
Neutral? I'd rather fly than do a long drive, but I don't love it.

2. Are you a regular or frequent flyer? (do you fly the same route often, maybe to see family?)
I traveled for work for a few years. During that time I was on a plane a minimum of twice every 6 weeks. Depending on the project it was sometimes as often as 3 or 4 flights per week. Since then I've hardly flown at all. I think maybe a trip to Vegas around 2007 might have been the last time. We usually drive for cost reasons.

3. Longest flight you've been on (from where to where is good enough - i'm not expecting you to know distances etc)?
I've never been out of North America, so the longest would have been one of Dallas-New York, Dallas-Montreal, Dallas-Los Angeles, or St. Louis-Miami. I'm too lazy to check right now.

4. Do you or someone you know have pre-flight or in-flight rituals?
Not really. A lot of the projects when I was travelling for work were graveyard shift hours. I'd be so tired that I would sit down in my seat, buckle my seat belt, and zonk out. I'd wake up as we were pulling into the gate at the destination.

 

[bellbird]

1. Travelling by plane - love it, hate it or other? Somewhere in between. I don't like sitting still for long periods of time or being wedged around a bunch of sick people. I hate the amount of time it takes to navigate - 2 hours before the flight, the delays, the flight time, etc ... a 2 hour flight, is always a 5 hour commitment, lol.

This is exactly how I'm feeling now, at the airport

 

[Karen]

1. Travelling by plane - love it, hate it or other? I love it because it means I'm going somewhere cool!

2. Are you a regular or frequent flyer? Sadly I'm not a frequent flyer because I usually can't afford to take the whole family anywhere.

3. Longest flight you've been on? I went from Michigan to St. Kitts in the West Indies which was about 6 hours I think? It seemed a LOT longer because there was a 2 year old named Lulu in the set behind me (I will never forget Lulu) who kicked my seat, screamed and pulled my hair the entire flight while her parents kept saying "no no Lulu" while doing absolutely nothing to stop her. Oy! I can laugh about it now and we often love to bring up the story of Lulu. It was before I had kids, but my kids all know not to be like Lulu on a plane.

4. Do you or someone you know have pre-flight or in-flight rituals? My only pre-flight ritual is to make sure i have a good book on my phone.