I've lost bags all over the world and had cases end up in London, Frankfurt, Los Angeles and Miami.
Travel is stressful.
If I flew commercial, I'd have to stop 65% of what I'm doing.
Technology doesn't address everything - for example, air travel still sucks.
Sailboats are the slowest form of transportation on Earth with the possible exeption of airline flights that go through O'Hare.
When the plane is delayed, it's not the fault of the girl at the desk. I'm resigned to the fact that everything is out of my control and that air travel nowadays is barbaric.
Flying commercial airlines has become an all-too-often unpleasant experience.
I hate flying, airports and the whole rigmarole - queuing up, security and lost luggage.
On a plane, you're in your own little bubble, so I try and enjoy it and don't get worried or frustrated about delays.
Never, ever get on an American Airlines flight. They will make you wait four hours, and then, when you complain about it, you will be kicked off your flight, and they will rob you of your money.
Why go through the hassle of running from airport to airport and you're still not getting anything done?
Explaining his retirement from Congress.
Is there any possibility of giving international air travel, which we all need and use and hate, a touch of glamour, or even of reliable, soulless efficiency? I suspect future historians will puzzle over our failure. But by then, of course, we shall be in the age of mass space travel, with its fresh and unimaginable crop of horrors.