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Originally Posted by amead
Hmm, because Trump said it, I'm predisposed to thinking that it must be a terrible idea. But yet I can't disagree that some of the technology is fairly antiquated and that there are probably plenty of ways to make things more efficient.
Oh, wow. I was just going to write about this.
I flew for the second time this past weekend. The first time was at night, so I couldn't see much more than a few lights far below. This time, it was morning, two flights.
I looked out the window and it looked like an antartic hellscape. Pure white below, "mountains' of clouds everywhere, and I realized that, at some point, the plane has to go
down through those clouds while other planes are going
up through those same clouds. Just thinking of all the people who's out there to make sure I live hurt my brain.
if it ain't broken, why fix it?
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I hate to admit it, but this body ain't built to fly at all. I seriously get messed up horrible from it. I get some minor altitude sickness that lasts for days, plus my right ear was in massive pain for 2 days. Being deaf out my left ear, this scares me quite a bit. I also get an ugly headache and a sense of diminished IQ during the recovery time.
This was 2 short flights. One hour fly, one hour layover, 90 minute flight. I seriously doubt I could handle a cross-country or transatlantic flight.
With that said, I think that flying is an amazing experience, but recovering is a mofo for me. I don't know if I'll ever step on a plane again.