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I thought about it. For me, the TSA security checks are the least of my issues at the airport.
It's like the airport hands out stupid pills that some people take as they enter the airport.
-Mike
It's like the airport hands out stupid pills that some people take as they enter the airport.
-Mike
Yea, SeaTac is a breeze. Getting there one hour before the scheduled flight has always left plenty of time to get thru security and to the gate. Also, they never take my weed at SeaTac
It's on my list, but I pretty consistently use one airline. I have enough goodwill earned that in many airports I am able to use the express lanes. This allows me to bypass most of the wait, but I undergo the same inspection as the other passengers.
This week I used a different airline from usual as they service that traffic lane better. It was a reminder to submit the application.
The wife and I do because we fly a lot...she more than I. TSA wants frequent flyers to apply for this program but few do.
The country needs to dismantle all the PC & just properly & effectively screen for type. Many countries do...too much navel gazing here.
I'm well aware of the statistics, and am a big fan of air travel. However, the one reason I can see to change air travel policies is because it is actually possible. These are national and international agencies that can sooner turn on a dime than the cat herding process that would result from a decree to change parameter x or y in automobile travel.
Do you mean like this?
Might work if they are designed to be completely pilot-less. If it is left to the general public to fly them and make good aeronautical inflight judgement decisions, then many will die. Just sayin.
Soooooooooo I can drive to California in a few days from the Mid-Atlantic where I live. And that's driving pretty steady without many breaks.
Or, I can stand in line for an hour, sit in a chair and read a magazine for a little while, board the plane and take a nap and BOOM I'm in Hippietopia!
I'll take plan B thank you.
Meanwhile if there's an actual BOOM it will all be over in seconds anyway. Me and Gawd are homeboys so I'm ready for that too.
Or, I can stand in line for an hour, sit in a chair and read a magazine for a little while, board the plane and take a nap and BOOM I'm in Hippietopia!
I'll take plan B thank you.
Meanwhile if there's an actual BOOM it will all be over in seconds anyway. Me and Gawd are homeboys so I'm ready for that too.
Do you mean like this?
Might work if they are designed to be completely pilot-less. If it is left to the general public to fly them and make good aeronautical inflight judgement decisions, then many will die. Just sayin.
You mean like cars now? What's the difference?
Flying is a PITA. I've been doing it twice a month for 13 years. But for a couple of reasons, it's worth it.
I think in a few decades even cars will be driver-less for the reasons you mention. You can't change all the idiot drivers out there but you can change the cars.
With all the idiot drivers I see on the road I prefer not to have flying cars.
As long as whoever makes a flying car/roadable aircraft has an easy to use autopilot, sure.
I used to love flying, but I gave up on it. The terrorists win.
If I can drive there, I'm driving. I'll drive straight through or stay in a motel if it's more than about 14 hours.
If I can drive there, I'm driving. I'll drive straight through or stay in a motel if it's more than about 14 hours.
So would you rather ride in a self driving car or self driving flying personal craft type thing?
It already exists, more or less. Look at drones. My buddy has one that you can command to go to a certain GPS location, at a certain altitude, stay there awhile then return, at the press of a button. It's not much of a stretch to see that applied to people movers. We will of course need a very robust, automated air traffic control system. But it'll happen. Commercial flights are almost entirely automated now.
That's your prerogative, but be aware that you are about 20 times more likely to die in your car than in a plane. 20 times. That's a fact, jack. You'd have to fly every single day for nineteen thousand years to die in a plane crash.
