Flying sucks butts.

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Krynn72

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Anyone else fly anywhere for the holidays? Im usually pretty good at this flying thing, but this trip sucked. First off it costed me 700 bucks for roundtrip flights. But then I also missed the first flight by 10 mins and had to get the last ticket to CT available in two days. Thank santajesus I got it. But then this morning I spent 45 mins in the security line because of some fag terrorists the past few days... and I missed my flight again, this time by less than 5 minutes. Now im halfway through a 5 hour wait for the next flight, have two layovers instead of one, which increases my chances of missing another. And instead of getting home at 1:30pm Ill get home at 8:30. LAAAME. So now im just sitting here alone in the terminal writing this post on my phone. Shit sucks. Im afraid my mp3 player will die before the days out too, Which will be torture if i miss another flight. As Bill O'Reilly so eleoquently put it... F*cking shit sucks!
 
I typically love flying but layovers and such are total pain in the ass. The actual flights are always highly introspective and intriguing experiences. I particularly love it when I sit next to someone tolerable with an interesting story to tell.

Also, it gives me a chance to catch up on reading and outlining. During layovers I usually put my jacket over myself in a corner on the waiting seats and browse the wifi, write or read a novel.
 
You had it coming. I've really no idea how anyone can miss their flights like that unless there's a serious disaster getting to the airport. I'm almost always there 3 hours before departure.
 
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Solaris said:
You had it coming. I've really no idea how anyone can miss their flights like that unless there's a serious disaster getting to the airport. I'm almost always there 3 hours before departure.
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Yeah, well, your signature is too long and im telling. And frankly i dont see how you being too early everytime means i had this coming. An hour has always been enough time for me every time ive flown in the past five years (which was more than on ce per year). Why should i have assumed it would be different this time when its been that way for the past 12 trips i have taken?

Anyways... Shits getting really expensive now. I probably wont be flying home much anymore because of the prices are rediculous.
 
I
love
flying
I don't care if I have to wait for hours
as long as I get on that plane everything is better

**** your shit
 
I had a three and half hour delay on Sunday. It was so painful. Apparently the flight crew was supposed to arrive from somewhere in Canada, and by midnight they hadn't even lifted off because of bad weather and high winds. When the makeshift crew arrived at my gate, we almost gave them a standing ovation and yelled, "YAYYYYY!!!"

I love flying, but layovers are definitely the worst.


And I always make sure to get to the airport early so I don't miss any flights. :p
 
Pfft that sux. Go fap in the airport's toilet for awhile.
 
You're just mad that I wasn't your pilot.
 
I love everything about air travel, including long queues and running around trying to find the gate and the shit coffee and all of it, except actually getting on the plane. Planes freak me out.
 
I hate being crowded in with people but the part that I hate the least is actually the flight itself. Even though I'm 6'2" and coach isn't very accommodating. Just reading or playing PSP ... even just SITTING there staring in front of me, I'm set. Just don't make me move.
 
Acepilotf14 said:
I
love
flying
I don't care if I have to wait for hours
as long as I get on that plane everything is better

**** your shit
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This. The smell of kerosene makes me happy. Terrorism did ruin a bit of the experience though. ****ing Osama cost me about three lighters when I was in the States the last time. And having to take of my shoes and all that sucks ass too. Not as much as being flown into a high rise building though.
 
I can confirm that being flown into a high rise building sucks butts.
 
I hate when your ears close up during a flight. Especially during descent my ears hurt like hell.
 
Krynn72 said:
Anyone else fly anywhere for the holidays? Im usually pretty good at this flying thing, but this trip sucked. First off it costed me 700 bucks for roundtrip flights. But then I also missed the first flight by 10 mins and had to get the last ticket to CT available in two days. Thank santajesus I got it. But then this morning I spent 45 mins in the security line because of some fag terrorists the past few days... and I missed my flight again, this time by less than 5 minutes. Now im halfway through a 5 hour wait for the next flight, have two layovers instead of one, which increases my chances of missing another. And instead of getting home at 1:30pm Ill get home at 8:30. LAAAME. So now im just sitting here alone in the terminal writing this post on my phone. Shit sucks. Im afraid my mp3 player will die before the days out too, Which will be torture if i miss another flight. As Bill O'Reilly so eleoquently put it... F*cking shit sucks!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LkusicUL2s
 
Shyam said:
I hate when your ears close up during a flight. Especially during descent my ears hurt like hell.
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Pinch your nose and blow out gently on descent, it pressurizes your ears in a flash. I use it when we drive in the mountains all the time.
 
Maestro said:
Pinch your nose and blow out gently on descent, it pressurizes your ears in a flash. I use it when we drive in the mountains all the time.
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I usually yawn, but you have to keep doing it.
 
Is anybody else here capable of voluntary tubal opening? I just found out what it's called (and the name is nice and gay, hooray). It's really useful for pressure equalization.
 
For some reason, my ears hurt like a bitch while my last flight was descending, and they continued to hurt after I got off the plane.
 
Shyam said:
I usually yawn, but you have to keep doing it.
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I do that too. I used to take antihistamines, chew gum, and wear earplugs that supposedly equalize pressure slowly/painlessly, but they never worked. At the worst, it felt like someone was drilling into my head through my ears, and I'd sit and look around at other people frustrated that nobody else was in any apparent physical pain. It took a couple of days for my ears to stop popping.

Nowadays, I just yawn and that seems to work a lot better. Barely get any ear pain at all. Last year I also discovered a trick where I would chew gum and use it to force a gag reflex which somehow cleared up my ears. I'm not going to recommend this technique though since I don't want to make anyone choke on gum :p.
 
Sorry, I hate to say this Krynn, but Bill O'Reilly didn't say ****ing shit sucks. He said ****ing thing sucks.

Sorry :(

I love you.
 
Man, after all that shit, I get to Raleigh, NC. Then after a couple more hours of waiting, they announce that flights out of Dallas are delayed and we wouldnt take off until 4:45, meaning we wouldnt arrive back in Dallas until 6:50. Which, by the time we would have been able to de-plane would have given me about -25 minutes to get my next flight. So I had to get American Airlines to book me on a Delta flight to Atlanta that could then take me to home. Which meant another hour of waiting. Then a couple of last minute gate changes and several hours later I finally made it home at 9:30pm.

Thanking jesus that the day was over, I went out to my car, got in, turned the key... FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

Battery is dead.

I dont think I have ever cussed louder in my entire life. So at this tiny airport that was closing up for the day, I had to run around outside trying to find someone still around that could jump start my car. After 20 minutes of running around in the cold I found someone, they were able to jump start my car (and apparently make something explode, there was a poof of smoke that smelled like burning rubber) and I tipped the guy 20 bucks. "Finally, time to leave" I says. So I go up to the gate to pay for my long-term parking fee. "40 dollars" the guy says. I open my wallet and see a 20, a five, and two singles. ****

Thankfully I had lots of coinage in the car and was able to scrounge 3 bucks up from it. Then I drove 45 minutes on a straight, pitch black highway to get home, texted my dad, and passed out on my bed.

On the plus side, I did get a free meal from KFC in Raleigh because it took them a long time to make it, which I didnt care about. I guess that makes it all worth it.
 
Forcing a yawn always does it for me.

There was one flight coming back from California to florida once where my ears didnt ever pop on the descent. Holy **** it hurt. My head felt like it was ready to explode/implode, and nothing I did could get my ears to pop. And everything became all muted and I could hardly hear anything. Was scary shit, and it lasted for like 3 days, only getting slightly better before I woke up on the fourth night and everything seemed ok.

Probably should have seen a doctor or something :/
 
flying is awesome. even with trains i get to the station early to save hassle. i mean yeah waiting a few extra hours sucks but at least you're gonna make the transport. would rather do that then miss it and have to wait for nothing/pay more for something else.

travel earlier next time yo
 
Krynn72 said:
Forcing a yawn always does it for me.

There was one flight coming back from California to florida once where my ears didnt ever pop on the descent. Holy **** it hurt. My head felt like it was ready to explode/implode, and nothing I did could get my ears to pop. And everything became all muted and I could hardly hear anything. Was scary shit, and it lasted for like 3 days, only getting slightly better before I woke up on the fourth night and everything seemed ok.

Probably should have seen a doctor or something :/
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It mostly happens on domestic flights for me. The worst part for me is my ears hurt like hell and when you look around you see no body is showing physical pain and you don't want to be seen a wuss.
 
Oh, it shouldnt normally hurt... the only time I experienced pain was that one time, every other flight my ears just pop and beyond that weird sensation nothing else happens. Maybe you should talk to a doctor, clean your ears out better, or stop being a wuss :p
 
Krynn72 said:
Oh, it shouldnt normally hurt... the only time I experienced pain was that one time, every other flight my ears just pop and beyond that weird sensation nothing else happens. Maybe you should talk to a doctor, clean your ears out better, or stop being a wuss :p
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Clean my ears ? CLEAN MY EARS ? well alright then.
 
I've always thought the experience of flying is kind of cool, but that is hugely outweighed by all the bs you have to put up with in the process. I detest airports and I'm not too big on sitting in airplanes for many hours. I flew to Central America for Christmas and had a 6 hour layover in Miami both ways, which was predictably ****ing awful, and coming back after the attempted terrorist attack was a tremendous pain in the ass due to increased security measures - they literally patted down and searched thoroughly EVERY SINGLE PERSON that was getting on the plane. This is after going through the usual metal detectors/security checkpoints.

Also Krynn maybe we walked by each other in the Raleigh airport, since that's where I flew out of (I live approx 20 minutes away from it). I didn't see any Santa hat-wearing dogs though, so maybe not.
 
Flying sucks, but for me not flying sucked just as much these holidays. Girlfriend went back to Aus to spent xmas with her family (also she needed to get her license renewed and junk) but we couldn't afford to fly us both over, so I spent the holiday season all by my lonesome. :|

But yeah, flying still pretty much sucks.
 
I would almost rather drive home next holiday. At this point, it would be cheaper, less hassle, and more enjoyable. Even if it does take six times longer.
 
I should be on the plane home in 2 hours. Can't get to the airport due to snow though. GG god.
 
Only bad part of flying is the airport, damn terrierists ruined it for all of us.
 
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