Re: Why Mars?

From: Miguel Cruz (mnc_at_admin.u.nu)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:05:12 -0600

Stuart Warren <email@somewhere.com> wrote:
> "Miguel Cruz" <mnc@admin.u.nu> wrote:
>> You're doing way too much futzing.
>>
>> One hour of futzing at the departure end, 30 minutes at the arrival end.
>> Less for domestic flights or if you don't check luggage.
>>
>> I just spent about 30 hours flying between major cities on opposite sides
>> of the planet, futzing not included. If I could cut that down to 1/10 I'd
>> be very happy indeed (especially since I'm about to turn around and go
>> back, and KLM hasn't changed the movies yet).
>
> Bull***, man. I can't fly from Chicago to California and back (a common
> route for me) without at least an hour and a half at
> O'Hare/Midway/Lindbergh dealing with security, waiting for the plane
> (which is always delayed), waiting in line for the one skycap on duty,
> etc.

Try it, you could. I don't know anything about skycaps, but as for the
plane, choose airlines that historically have fewer delays. As for security,
the best tactics are airport-specific, but with careful queue selection
(can depend on time of day, but if you do it a lot you get used to it) at
most airports you can wait a lot less than the typical passenger.

miguel 

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