{"id":2965,"date":"2006-04-18T12:48:40","date_gmt":"2006-04-18T12:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/why-people-hate-flying.html"},"modified":"2006-04-18T12:48:40","modified_gmt":"2006-04-18T12:48:40","slug":"why-people-hate-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/why-people-hate-flying.html","title":{"rendered":"Why people hate flying"},"content":{"rendered":"

You land at an airport. You pull up to the gate. You sit. <\/p>\n

And sit.<\/p>\n

The pilot comes on and informs you that there’s no Flyway (the tube walkway from plane to terminal) operator. One’s been called.<\/p>\n

Fifteen minutes later, the Flyway operator shows up. Minutes pass.<\/p>\n

"Folks, it seems the Flyway is broken. They’ve called a mechanic."<\/p>\n

Ten minutes pass. "Well, folks, we had this problem last week and the mechanic showed up right away. I don’t know what this is…"<\/p>\n

Five minutes later he shows up. Ten minutes pass. <\/p>\n

"Folks, we’re going to have to call the county {and I am sure he said "county." – who operates the DTW airport, I suppose] <\/em>and see if we can get permission for you to take the stairs."<\/p>\n

Ah, the stairs. The stairs<\/em> – ten steps leading up to a door that opens into the Flyway<\/em>. Ten feet away from the plane.<\/p>\n

Almost forty minutes after this ordeal starts, we are given permission to walk ten feet and go up the stairs into the Flyway.<\/p>\n

Thank goodness I had a longish layover, although I had hoped to try to catch an earlier flight to Atlanta – which I actually might have been able to do had we disembarked on time.<\/p>\n

Oh, another reason people hate flying, airlines and such?<\/p>\n

Because there are, indeed, direct flights from Fort Wayne to Atlanta. But two weeks ago, when we were arranging this, tickets for those direct flights were over $800, while it only costs 350 to go NW through Detroit. Again – go figure. <\/p>\n

And may I be I have no doubt not the first to say that the walkway from the C to the A terminal in Detroit, which I’ve traversed many times before, seriously creeps me out? <\/p>\n

\"Terminal\"<\/a> (Photo credit and source)<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m sure this is not the only place to sport this kind of light show – it strikes me that the Orlando airport has one too, but perhaps my memory deceives me in that regard – perhaps it just seems <\/em>like a very Florida kind of thing to do. I am sure there are psychological studies that show this is supposed to be relaxing. I find it nerve-wracking, as if I am being transported into the unknown.<\/p>\n

But perhaps I am…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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