So I'm sitting here in Phoenix airport, awaiting my connection to San Jose, where I will be attending anonymous (aka Dean's) wedding. I'm flying Southwest, so people are up and getting in line to get themselves a prime seat. I hold a "B" card, meaning I get to go in the second group. I held a "C" card on my initial flight here from Indy, but still got my preferred window seat. So instead of waiting in line, I'm gonna blog!!!
One thing I can't help thinking... computer chips get faster all the time, doubling every XX years (Morse's law?). How come my flight from Indy to Phoenix still takes 4 hours? I think it's always taken four hours since the invention of the Boeing jets. The one attempt at a faster plane, the Concord, is being taken out of service. So why can't I get from Cinci to San Jose in less than half day? Why can't I get there in 1-2 hours? Aren't we smart enough to figure out a way to do that?
As much as flying has improved, it's still a necessary evil. It's kinda neat to see all the food options that the airports have to offer. But I still prefer a non-stop flight less than hour, without all the security and stuff. And when they say "We hope you enjoyed your flight" I always chuckle because I don't think anyone really enjoys a flight.
I also found out that the Packers play the Bears on national TV on Sunday. I fly out of San Jose at 1:35 PM local time and don't arrive Indy until 11:00. Which means I get back to Cinci around 1 AM. So I wanted to see if I can take an earlier flight (I was concerned about a potential long night, so I didn't want to wake up at the butt crack of the dawn in Sunday to go home... but now there's a football game!!!). Of course, that's like a million dollars to do.
So if I had a lot of money, I would:
1. Offer up a prize for someone that could get me from Cincinnati to California in 2 hours at a sustainable, economic price
2. On this said airline, I would allow everyone to go on whatever earlier or later flight they wanted to, if we had seats open. Such a simple concept!
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If you take a direct flight, it takes about 1 - 1.5 hours to get from Cincinnati to the West Coast...at least by taking advantage of the time zone differences. ;)
Going the other direction...well, you typically have tail winds in your favor, but good luck with that one. Maybe we could find ways to apparate or beam ourselves places.....
Did you see the report that 30% of all flights are now late?
I've noticed, at least with Delta, that they are waaaay over-sheduling/claiming the amount of time it takes for flights. For example: they claimed a flight from Atlanta to Portland would take 5.5 hours. But it's only a 4.5 hour flight. This way, we took off a good 30 minutes late, but we still landed 25 minutes "early". I've seen it for other flights...claiming 2 hours for 45 minute or one hour flights.
LOVE Your number two idea - takes away revenue though but makes for happier customers... which is more important??
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