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Air travel is back
| May 17th, 2021 at 8:49:55 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I knew it sounded funny even as I was writing it.  |
| May 18th, 2021 at 9:41:52 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 |
An oxymoron if there ever was one. I absolutely hate being away from home for any reason, even if it's going to the grocery store. Walmart delivering groceries to my door is such a delight that I can't even describe it. Why would I want to leave my house when everything I could possibly want is here. You think I'm joking or I'm overstating it. Believe me, I'm not. My attitude comes from decades of if I want a book, I have to go buy it at a bookstore. If I want my prescriptions, if I want liquor, if I want to see a movie, if I want to gamble, I had to leave my house to do any of it. Not anymore... If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| May 18th, 2021 at 9:56:19 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22933 | Howard Hughes lived that way at the end of his life.  "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| May 18th, 2021 at 12:35:47 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 |
He was also a paranoid hypochondriac, among other things. I'm not. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| May 27th, 2021 at 6:52:31 AM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 57 Posts: 5896 | I flew into Las Vegas Mccaraan airport on Tuesday around noon. The airport was busier than I have ever seen it. It was mobbed. I fly about 20 times per year and this day was ridiculous. It was busier than any day before Thanksgiving that I have seen. Air travel is back. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a deterrent. |
| June 1st, 2021 at 5:03:28 AM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 13466 |
Was it busier than ever, or were there just less people working and less shops/restaurants open? Making it seem busier due to long ass lines everywhere... I flew into LAS on Thursday and flew home yesterday. It was busy, but not painfully so. As always, TSA Pre-Check is well worth the $85 investment. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
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| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
May travel figures are not posted yet, but April 2021 passenger numbers are still down fairly significantly from April 2019 (28% for five main airlines in Terminal #1. I can imagine more recovery in May, but I have a difficult time buying record breaking numbers.
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| June 1st, 2021 at 7:04:48 AM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 57 Posts: 5896 |
I really don't know. I was flying in so I wasn't near the checkin area but the actual terminal was crazy busy. I ha never seen the terminal area of McCarran mobbed like that. I flew into the "A" gates which is usually the least crowded area of the airport. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a deterrent. |
| June 1st, 2021 at 7:06:15 AM permalink | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 57 Posts: 5896 |
I am not claiming that is was a record, I just have never seen it that busy. It reminded me of going through O'Hare on Christmas Eve and it was a Tuesday at Noon. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a deterrent. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||